Sir Safety Conad Perugia saw Matteo Paris arrive from Greece in place of injured setter Mitic, now ready to face Lpr Piacenza, looking for a payback time, after the bloody Del Monte Italia Cup Quarterfinals, where Piacenza came back from 0-2 winning 15-13 the tie break and clinching the access to Italian Cup Final Four. In regular season Perugia won two times versus Piacenza, two 3-1 which gave to Lorenzo Bernardi’s team, together with the placing in standings, the status of favourite of this series.. In this week Sir Safety clinched the Final Four of Champions League in Roma next 29th and 30th april at PalaLottomatica, as hosting team, advanced anyway to PlayOffs 12, after the home win in last game versus Boban Kovac’s Halkbank Ankara. LPR Piacenza in in front 10 to 9 in the total of matches versus Perugia. In the playoffs Piacenza is still in front in the count of the matches, more wins in quarterfinals. Piacenza lost versus Trento on the home turf in last game in Cev Cup Quarterfinals, and will try to go ahead in the playoff bracket. If Piacenza will lose this series, will be the last playoff series for great champions as Hristo Zlatanov and Samuele Papi.
Sir Safety Conad Perugia –LPR Piacenza
Previous Matches: 19 (9 Perugia, 10 Piacenza)
Championship: 3 – 2 Perugia (1-3 and 3-1), Del Monte® Italian Cup Quarterfinals (1 Piacenza 2-3).
Play Off: 7 -5 Semifinals (3 Perugia, 2 Piacenza), 2 Quarterfinals (2 Piacenza).
Former Players: Luciano De Cecco Piacenza 2012-2014, Aimone Alletti Perugia 2012-2013, Georgios Tzioumakas Perugia 2014-2016.
RECORDS
Championship: Emanuele Birarelli – 2 blocks to 700, Simone Buti – 3 points to 2000 and – 2 aces to 100, Aaron Russell – 3 attacks 500 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia); Fernando Hernandez – 16 attacks to 500, Viktor Yosifov -2 aces to 100 (LPR Piacenza).
Championship and Italian Cup: Dore Della Lunga – 4 blocks to 100 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia).
Emanuele Birarelli (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “Piacenza is a great team, who can win versus every team, because of their great hammers. We know it, we were their victims in Italian Cup quarterfinals. We have to learn from our mistakes, and this is the right chance to improve and step up. We arrived here in good shape, we are ready”.
Raydel Hierrezuelo (LPR Piacenza): “Will be a fundamental game for us, it’s a road game, we want to play well on that turf, in front of those great fans. If we win on road we will have a good advantage for Game 2 at PalaBanca. Perugia, as Civitanova, is one of the powerhouses of the tournament, and showed it all season long. they are great in all the fundamentals, we will have to contain our mistakes and play as we know”.
PlayOffs, Quarterfinals Game 1
Saturday 4th march 2017, – 20.30
Azimut Modena – Calzedonia Verona live on Lega Volley Channel
(Rapisarda-Satanassi)
Video Check: Selmi
Sir Safety Conad Perugia – LPR Piacenza live on Lega Volley Channel
(La Micela-Puecher)
Video Check: Mannarino
Sunday 5th march 2017, – 15.00
Cucine Lube Civitanova – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia live on RAI Sport + HD
streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
(Gnani-Simbari)
Video Check: Monini
Sunday 5th march 2017, – 18.00
Diatec Trentino – Gi Group Monza live on Lega Volley Channel
(Saltalippi F.-Santi)
Video Check: Miggiano
PlayOffs, Quarterfinals Game 2
Wednesday 8 marzo 2017, ore 20.30
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Cucine Lube Civitanova live on Lega Volley Channel
Gi Group Monza – Diatec Trentino live on Lega Volley Channel
LPR Piacenza – Sir Safety Conad Perugia live on Lega Volley Channel
Giovedì 9 marzo 2017, ore 20.30
Calzedonia Verona – Azimut Modena live on RAI Sport + HD
streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
PlayOffs, Quarterfinals Game 3
Sunday 12th march 2017, – 18.00 Cucine Lube Civitanova – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia
Azimut Modena –Calzedonia Verona
Diatec Trentino – Gi Group Monza
Sir Safety Conad Perugia – LPR Piacenza
One match Live on RAI Sport + HD, the others live on Lega Volley Channel
