Potenza Picena offered a good performance in Padova, so much so as to give a fright to the league leaders who were close to be pushed to a tie-break. Indeed, Graziosi’s men were totally outplaying the host in the fourth set (21-14) before committing a collective suicide and losing the set 23-25. Given Cantù and Milan’s defeats, Potenza is sixth in the table.

“We’re sad about the defeat and the way we conceded – said libero Romiti – But we’re proud of our fans which we want to thank them for their unbelievable support. We’ll try to give them a good result in the next one. Unfortunately, problems of our darkest days came back to haunt us, we just could not stay composed in the clutch time”.