RPA Caffè Maxim Perugia: LOKOMOTIV BELGOROD: Khamuttskikh 3, Baranov 11, Spajic 7, Abrosimov 8, Tetyukhin 19, Kosarev 14; Verbov (L). All. Lazurkin
RPA CAFFE’ MAXIM PERUGIA: Tofoli 0, Hernandez 4, Lebl 7, Di Franco 4, Swiderski 9, Vujevic 4; De La Fuente (L), Novotny 4, Zaytsev, Barbone, Messana. All. Caponeri
SETS RESULTS: 25-16; 25-17; 25-18
TIME OF THE SET: 22′, 22′, 24′, total match 64′
POINTS: Perugia (1 winning serve, 6 winning blocks, 8 serves errors; perfects passing 16%, positive 51%, attack 42%); Belgorod (9 winning serves, 9 winning blocks, 16 serves errors; perfect passing 56%, positive 89%, attack 58%)
The news is not the Perugia defeat for 3-0(25-16; 25-17; 25-18) in Belgorod. The news is that the team left at 9.00 AM of 1st March and arrived only at 4.30 of the following day. Thirtyone hours and a half later than when they left.
Bad weather arrived in Russia and got the trip really complicated and the team had to stop in Bucarest and leave the morning after. But the flight could not land in Belgorod but in Kharlkov in Ucraine and the delegation had to keep the trip via bus. The team eventually made it to the Arena but arrived only half hour before the beginning of the match. So the game has been postponed of one hour.
No match at all. Perugia, clearly tired, didn’t make the miracle. With Kike De La Fuente as libero, Perugia defense could do nothing against the russian spikes, with more than 60% positivity after the second set.
Return match will be played on thursday the 9th of March at 8.30PM at PalaEvangelisti of Perugia.
Eleonora Cozzari
Press Office
Perugia Volley
