Iranian basketball players thrashed Croatian squad 76-66 in Italy's quartet warm-up games ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Press TV
As the countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games starts, the Iranian all-star team went out to Italy to attend a four squad friendly competition.
Iran has previously suffered two setbacks from Italy's A & B national teams friendly matches, but the recent victory over Croatia boosted the morale of the Iranian men before the team step onto the court to face Algiers and Italy.
On Saturday Iran faces Italy.
Iran eased into the Olympic Games final in 2007, after the team had won the Asian Championship title in a hard fought game versus Lebanon 74-69.
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