The international atmosphere is back for Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia.
Fresh from Sunday’s victory against Civitanova in the league, the bianconeri are ready to put on their best Champions League outfit again. Final finishing touches this afternoon and tomorrow for the black and whites, tomorrow evening at 20:00 at the PalaBarton, with live TV on Eurosport 1 and live streaming on Discovery+, kick-off of the second leg match of the quarter-finals of the top continental competition reserved for club against the Germans of the Berlin Recycling Volleys.
It starts from the victory of the Block Devils 1-3 last week on German soil. Perugia needs a victory or even a defeat at the tie break to access the semifinals, a full victory of Berlin 0-3 or 1-3 would make the golden set necessary to decide the name of one of the four queens of Europe.
“We have to face the match against Berlin in the right way, also from a mental point of view. It’s a difficult game, but it’s normal because we’re in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and every match must be played to the fullest. It is extremely important for us to qualify for the semi-final, we must not lose sight of any detail and push from the first point”.
So Andrea Anastasi on the eve. The Juventus coach probably already has in mind the seven who will start the match. Possible returns of Plotnytskyi, Russo and Rychlicki resting on Sunday with Civitanova. We can hypothesize an initial 6+1 with Giannelli in playroom, Rychlicki diagonally, Russo and Solè pair of centre-backs, Plotnytskyi and Semeniuk receiving hammers and Colaci libero.
“Now it will be a long tour de force and every match will be important,” explains Alessandro Piccinelli. “Tomorrow we have Berlin, it will be a difficult match and a great opportunity for us to take one more step and reach the semifinals”.
“Berlin is a great team and we have to stay focused,” confirmed Jesus Herrera. “We have a great desire to win and we hope to reach the goal of the semi-final”.
Faced with the Block Devils, a Berlin on the hunt for big business. The German team will familiarize themselves with the Pian di Massiano facility tonight and tomorrow morning for the usual training sessions. Coach Enard should continue the formation of the first leg with the German Tille in the playroom, the Czech Sotola opposite, the German international Brehme and the Australian Mote in the center of the net, the German Schott and the French Carle as receivers and the Japanese Sato in the free role. It is also possible to engage, from the start or once the race has begun, the American Kessel hammer which in the challenge of a week ago had been able to change the face of his team.
