On Thursday night at 8.30pm, Perugia will kick off its playoffs quarter-final series against Piacenza, a team in great shape whose serve, attack and De Cecco’s talent constitute their main strengths. Piacenza starts off with a 1-0 advantage earned thanks to their better regular season position. Perugia will therefore try to tie the series. The first to three wins goes through. Piacenza will be full of confidence, they have just won the Challenge Cup and will now be chasing the league title.