“This quarter-final series has been unnerving! – said captain Simone Buti as Perugia clinched qualification at the tie-break of the deciding game 5 in Verona – It lasted a month, with ups and downs from our part. We spent ten days of terror because we knew we had thrown away a big opportunity to seal the series in Game 4, there was a lot of tension in the air. That made it an even more special victory. In the tie-break we were trailing, and in those situations in the past we’d have lost it. But we stayed strong, tenacious. We did a great job. Now we’re up against Civitanova, not one but two very strong teams. But we’ll try to have our say for the first game”.