Defeated bitterly home at the tie-break by Genova, Perugia and Tomasello (15pts, 6blocks, 1 ace) are looking to bounce back against Milan on Sunday 11.30am.

“In my opinion, we played the first two sets very well – said the middle blocker – Then, Genova played better, taking advantage of our mistakes too. The tie-break was tight but we know for well that the fifth set is always a lottery. Maybe we let the game slip away from our grasp, we could have taken three points, but we’ll take the defeat as a good lesson not to lose our focus when we are ahead”.