Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia – Guaguas Las Palmas (ESP) 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-23) – Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia: Argilagos 1, Dzavoronok, Giannelli 4, Ben Tara 13, Solé, Colaci (L), Semeniuk 12, Plotnytskyi 13, Russo 7, Crosato 6. N.E. Cvanciger, Loser, Ishikawa, Gaggini. All. Lorenzetti. Guaguas Las Palmas (ESP): Bruno, Mendes Spencer 11, Juantorena Portuondo 13, Bezerra Souza 9, De Amo Fernandez-Echevarria, Larrañaga Ledo (L), Colito, Rousseaux 4, Ramos 8, Dimitrov. N.E. Perez Figueroa, Almansa, Diedhiou, Montesdeoca Santana. All. Camarero. ARBITRI: Cambre, Visan. NOTE – durata set: 27′, 27′, 34′; tot: 88′. Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia: Battute Sbagliate 12, Vincenti 3. Guaguas Las Palmas (ESP): Battute Sbagliate 15, Vincenti 1.
Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia booked their spot in the Champions League Final Four in Turin (May 16-17) and did so by defeating Las Guaguas Palmas in the second leg of the quarterfinals at PalaBarton Energy. A resounding 3-0 victory secured Giannelli and his teammates a spot in the tournament’s final, where the Block Devils will arrive as defending champions. In Turin, the Perugians will face Polish team PGE Project Warszawa in the semifinals (Saturday, April 16, at 5:00 PM), who defeated Lublin in the quarterfinals and had prevailed in the previous round in a double-header against Trentino Itas.
The match at PalaBarton Energy saw Wassim Ben Tara (13 points, including 4 blocks), well imitated by Oleh Plotnytskyi (13 and the MVP award) and followed by Kamil Semeniuk (12); Osmany Juantorena also finished with 13 points scored.
A performance that, reading the set scores, seemed easy for the Umbrian giants, who successfully imposed their pace from the first rallies. Only in the third set did the Spaniards attempt a response, which was promptly managed by the Block Devils, who, with Semeniuk’s ace, celebrated qualification for the Final Four.
Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie (POL) – Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 26-24) – Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie (POL): Kwolek 8, Russell 5, Zniszczol 1, Czerwinski 6, Boladz 10, Popiwczak (L), Nowosielski 1, Markiewicz 3, Gladyr 4, Tavares Rodrigues, Bieniek 5, Ogorek (L), Ensing 5, Łaba 5. N.E. All. Winiarski. Cucine Lube Civitanova: D’Heer, Gargiulo 2, Loeppky 3, Orduna 1, Bisotto (L), Balaso (L), Boninfante, Nikolov 8, Hfaiedh 2, Koukartsev 4, Podrascanin 8, Bottolo 10, Duflos-Rossi 2, Tenorio Capeloci 6. N.E. Coach Medei. REFEREES: Akinci, Strandson. NOTES – set duration: 24′, 24′, 31′; total: 79′. Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie (POL): 16 missed serves, 4 won. Cucine Lube Civitanova: 18 missed serves, 3 won.
Cucine Lube Civitanova, after a 3-0 home defeat a week ago, fell to the same score at Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie, who thus qualified for the final round of the competition.
The MVP of the evening for Zawiercie was Boladz, who scored 10 points; the same number of points were scored by Mattia Bottolo, the only Lube player to score in double figures.
The Final Four at the Inalpi Arena in Turin will see Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia face PGE Project Warsaw (at 5:00 p.m.), while the other semifinal will see Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie face Ziraat Bankkart Ankara (at 8:30 p.m.). The semifinals are scheduled for May 16th, with the final the following day.
