Despite the big effort and the huge battle at PalaBarton in Champions League Semifinal Game 1 versus defending eurochamps of Zenit Kazan, Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia lost at tie break 15-13 at the fifth, suffering a loss which will need to be overtake next week in Kazan in the no tomorrow Semifinal Game 2.
Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia – Zenit Kazan 2-3 (22-25, 26-24, 25-27, 25-20, 13-15) – Sicoma Perugia: Piccinelli (L), Ricci 7, Hoag 1, Hoogendoorn 0, Seif 0, Leon Venero 25, Lanza 13, Colaci (L), Atanasijevic 24, De Cecco 1, Podrascanin 10. N.E. Della Lunga, Galassi, Berger. All. Bernardi. Zenit Kazan: Anderson 20, Surmachevskiy 0, Volvich 6, Ngapeth 22, Butko 2, Samoylenko 9, Verbov (L), Mikhailov 15. N.E. Alekno, Likhosherstov, Alekseev, Kononov, Krotkov, Spiridonov. All. Alekno. ARBITRI: Gerothodoros, Mezoffy. NOTE – durata set: 26′, 30′, 33′, 29′, 21′; tot: 139′.
Lorenzo Bernardi said: “it was a pivotal game, we fought until the end versus some great opponents, we lost at tie break but for sure we are still on track for the Big Final spot, we will fight next week in Kazan to reach the final”.
