Revivre Milano – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 0-3 (17-25, 17-25, 23-25) – Revivre Milano: Sbertoli 2, Hoag 10, De Togni 1, Adamajtis 9, Skrimov 9, Galassi 6, Marretta (L), Cortina (L), Rudi 0, Galaverna 0. DNP. Tondo, Nielsen, Boninfante. Coach Monti. Sir Safety Conad Perugia: De Cecco 7, Zaytsev 9, Podrascanin 7, Atanasijevic 18, Russell 10, Buti 3, Bari (L), Tosi (L), Della Lunga 0, Franceschini 1. DNP Birarelli, Berger, Mitic, Chernokozhev. Coach Bernardi. REFEREES: Gnani, Zavater. NOTES – sets: 21′, 21′, 28′; tot: 70′. Attendence: 4.087. MVP: Luciano De Cecco (Sir Safety Conad Perugia).
It was a great show on tonight at PalaYamamay for last regular season’s game for Revivre Milano, defeated 3-0 by Sir Safety Conad Perugia in front of 4087 fans. It was a perfect game for Lorenzo Bernardi’s team, with some classy plays by De Cecco and Atanasijevic, 6 points in the first and 7 in the second for the serbian hammer. For Milano a good game for polish opposite Adamajtis. In third set the game is more balanced, with Revivre in front 9-4. Sir fought back taking the lead on 13-11. Milano fought back and reached the tie at 20 with one ace of Hoag. On 24-23 Atanasijevic put an ace on the ground, and Perugia won the game 3-0. MVP Luciano De Cecco, in a great moment of shape in this part of the season.
Giorgio De Togni (Revivre Milano): “Perugia had a great start, they put us in trouble with the serve. In third they gave us a break with the serve, we served and played better, fighting point by point. They are used to play some points under big pressure and in the end they won. We played some good volleyball, we hope to do it again on sunday versus Latina, we’ll try to took home some points, looking forward to fifth place playoffs”.
Luciano De Cecco (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “It was important for us to come here in Milano and to win without losing one set. We did it playing well, remaining on course for second place. We’ll play Verona in front of our fans, we’ll try to do our best, let’s see what will be our final placing in the standings”.