Perugia has been eliminated from the Champions League
The curse of the European semifinals lingers for the Bianconeri, who are now awaited from a crucial crossroads on Monday for Game 5 of the play-off quarterfinals with Allianz Milano. There’s disappointment at Juventus, there’s no need to deny that. The Champions League was a goal of the season and the bitterness in the mouth is clear for a fifth consecutive elimination in the European field, just one step away from the final. However, coach Anastasi and his boys must immediately restore morale and conviction in these few days until Easter Monday, Monday 10th April at 18.00 with live Rai-Sport, where game 5 of the SuperLega Credem Banca quarter-final playoffs will take place . again at the PalaBarton, against Allianz Milano. On May 20th at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, the super final will be played with the match between Jastrzebski Wegiel and Grupa Azoty Kedzierzyn-Kozle in Polish colors.
Rychlicki and Flavio are back in the starting seven of the Anastasi, Colaci-Piccinelli second line relay. Bednorzwand at the start (1-3). Sliwka keeps the lead (4-6). Outside of Slivka (6-6). Wall of Semeniuk, Perugia ahead by a margin (7-6). Smith for parity (9-9). Zaksa leads again with Janusz’s block and Bednorz’s ace with the help of the tape (11-13). Juventus invasion (11-14). Perugia are back with Leon (17-18), two from Bednorz restore the deficit (17-20). Plotnytskyi’s ace and Semeniuk’s block got the Block Devils back on track (22-22). The guests reach the set point with Bednorz (23:24). Smith’s block sends the Zaksa ahead (23-25).
The hosts are not there and push at the beginning of the second set (5:2). Plotnytskyi, on the field for Semeniuk, scores from fourth place and then blocks by Flavio (8-4). Smith’s ace, then Flavio at the net, Zaksa returns to contact (10-9). Three consecutive blocks start the Poles (10-13). In Herrera. Ace by Leon (14-15). Blacksmith Wall (14-17). Outside Herrera (15-19). Plotnytskyi Wall (17-19). Invasion of the black and white wall, then a smash by Pashitskii (18-23). Bednorz takes Zaksa to the set point (18-24). Another block closes the set and sends the Poles into the final (18-25).
The teams revolutionized in the third set, with the coaches fishing off the bench with both hands. Block Devils ahead with Solès Block (7-4). Herrera from the second row (9-5). Solè closes the brim in the middle, then Herrera’s ace (18-12). Zalinski shortened (18-15). Plotnytskyi Wall (21-16). Herrera closes the diagonal (23-17). Gerrera closes (25-19).
Zaksa leads in the fourth set with Zalinski (3-5). Semeniuk’s block equalized (9-9). Plotnytskyi’s ace, then Herrera’s wall (11-9). Smash by Plotnytskyi, then ace by Semeniuk (16-12). Zaksa returns to a tie with Staszewski serving (16-16). Mengozzi postpones his own (20-18). Wiltenburg Wall (21-21). Semeniuk closes a long exchange (22-21). Ace by Kluth (22-23). Plotnytskyi takes Perugia first to set point (24-23). Staszewski sends the sentence to the advantage (24:24). The victory point comes from the Poles finishing 25-27.
THE PROTAGONISTS-
Simone Giannelli (Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia)- “There’s a lot of regret and a lot of disappointment because we couldn’t fight the way we wanted, they did better than us in the important moments. Zaksa deservedly reached the final, they played better in both games. Now we have to go ahead and think about the Super League.”
THE TABLE-
SIR SICOMA MONINI PERUGIA – GROUP AZOTY K?DZIERZYN-KO?LE 1-3 (23-25, 18-25, 25-19, 25-27) –
SIR SICOMA MONINI PERUGIA: Giannelli 2, Herrera Jaime 13, Rychlicki 1, Leon 10, Piccinelli (L), Solè 7, Russo 1, Colaci (L), Flavio 6, Semeniuk 12, Plotnytskyi 10, Ropret 1, Mengozzi 4. NE Cardenas Morales. All Anastasi.
GRUPA AZOTY K?DZIERZYN-KO?LE: Kaczmarek 5, Stepien 1, Janusz 1, Wiltenburg 4, Staszewski 9, Kluth 9, Bednorz 13, Sliwka 4, Smith 6, Pashitskii 6, Zalinski 4, Shoji (L), Banach ( L), Huber 6. All. collection vuo.
REFEREE: Mokry, Kovar.
NOTES – Set Duration: 29′, 26′, 22′, 28′; total: 105′.
