They celebrated their success over Treviso on Sunday and are now ready to fight on the European front. Macerata will try to stay unbeaten at home as it entertains the Russians of Kazan in the quarter final first leg of the Champions League. It will certainly not be an easy task as Kazan is the European Champions.

“These two games against Kazan are the most important of this month – said middleblocker Rodrigao – We really want to qualify for the Final Four in Praga. For me and others of my teammates, this would be the chance to forget about the disappointing Final Four of two years ago in Moscow”.