Block Devils struggled at PalaPanini in Modena in CEV Champions League Quarterfinals Game 1. It was a clear loss. Apart first set, Vital Heynen’s team suffered the power of Modena all game long. Vettori and Lavia hammered Perugia, who only saw Wilfredo Leon in double digits in points, with 13. Game 2 will take place at PalaBarton, and sir Sicoma Monini will need to win 3-0 or 3-1 and win the Golden Set.
LEO SHOES MODENA – SIR SICOMA MONINI PERUGIA 3-0
Parziali: 25-21, 25-18, 25-22
LEO SHOES MODENA: Christenson 6, Vettori 15, Stankovic 7, Mazzone 3, Petric 5, Lavia 13, Grebennikov (libero), Porro, Karlitzek. N.e.: Rinaldi, Buchegger, Bossi, Iannelli (libero), Sanguinetti. All. Giani, vice all. Carotti.
SIR SICOMA MONINI PERUGIA: Travica 4, Atanasijevic 5, Ricci 4, Solè 8, Leon 13, Plotnytskyi 6, Colaci (libero), Zimmermann, Ter Horst 5, Vernon-Evans 2, Russo. N.e.: Piccinelli, Sossenheimer (libero), Muzaj. All. Heynen, vice all Fontana.
Arbitri: Sinisa Ovuka – Andrea Puecher
LE CIFRE – MODENA: 12 b.s., 1 ace, 33% ric. pos., 16% ric. prf., 53% att., 5 muri. PERUGIA: 13 b.s., 4 ace, 55% ric. pos., 29% ric. prf., 39% att., 9 muri.