Sir Safety Conad Perugia will need a win in last game of regular season, to stay on course for the second place in the Unipolsai Superleague standings. Lorenzo Bernardi’s team has a worst set-difference with Trento, and to grab the second place will need to earn one point more than Trento. Will not be easy, because Trento will play at Home where they are undefeated in season, and Perugia will face at PalaEvangelisti Calzedonia Verona, a team in good shape in this final part of the season, a team who’s looking for the fourth place in the standings. Now Nikola Grbic’s team is tied with Azimut Modena at 50 points, but with a worst set difference, so they will need a little luck to overtake Modena in fourth place.
PREVIOUS MATCHES: 21 (15 Perugia, 6 Verona)
FORMER PLAYERS: Emanuele Birarelli Verona 2006-2007, Simone Buti Verona 2007-2008, Dore Della Lunga Verona 2009-2010, Andrea Giovi Perugia dal 1997 2003 (Settore Giovanile), 2003-2005 and 2012-2016, Adriano Paolucci Perugia 2013-2015.
RECORDS:
In Regular Season: Simone Buti – 8 attacks to 1000 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia); Aidan Zingel 13 points to 1000 and 1 block to 300 (Calzedonia Verona).
In Championship: Emanuele Birarelli – 3 blocks to 700, Simone Buti – 3 points to 2000 punti and 2 aces to 100, Dore Della Lunga – 5 blocks to 100 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia)
In Championship and Italian Cup: Emanuele Birarelli – 3 points to 3000, Dore Della Lunga – 4 blocks to 100, Aaron Russel – 14 attacks to 500 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia)
Federico Tosi (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “On sunday will be a tough game. Verona is playing very well in this part of the season, they defeated Modena and forced to tie break Civitanova. This will be a very important game for us, we are still looking for the second place in the playoff bracket. This has been a great regular season, Lube was almost perfect, and the level of volleyball has been great. So, for us, to be in second or third, will not make too much difference. We are a little bit tired by the trips and the games, we need to re charge and win on sunday. Then we’ll think to the playoffs”.
Simone Anzani (Calzedonia Verona): “I’m in Verona since four years and I think we played versus Perugia about 20 times. This is a important game, felt with passion by the fans, , will be tough for us because they need to win to stay on track for the second place, but we will be ther to show our best volleyball”.
