Playoffs quarters pre-game

The Block Devils are preparing for this weekend’s opening game of the playoffs quarter-finals against Verona. If we look at past meetings, this should be a great and tight affair. This will put face to face the third best reception of Perugia and the second best serve of Verona (146 aces, only Modena did better with 151). Gasparini had no less than 43. So clearly an important key will be to contain Verona’s fierce serving in order to give De Cecco the right service and the possibility to handle well his spikers. Another main theme will be Perugia’s attack against Verona’s blocking. Verona registered an impressive 243 blocks, more than half from the middle blockers Anzani and Zingel, but Perugia can boast the top scorer of the league with Atanasijevic (451 points, 4.90 per set).