Perugia wins big match with Trento

Perugia-Trento 3-1

È of Sir Susa Vim Perugia the big match of the penultimate of the Regular Season. The Block Devils won 3-1 in a PalaBarton dressed to the nines (4,918 spectators, a record for the Pian di Massiano facility) over the leading Itas Trentino. If the value of the points up for grabs was relative with both teams already certain of their position in the Play Off grid (Trento first, Perugia second), a great show is nevertheless staged in Pian di Massiano.

It is a real match for three sets, while in the fourth the guests give space to the second line also in view of the return of the Champions League quarterfinals. Batting and wall were the winning fundamentals for the Block Devils, who attacked with 59 percent as a team against the host’s 47 percent and put down 11 winning walls against Trento’s 6.

MVP of the match was Perugia’s Tunisian opposite Wassim Ben Tara, who finished with 26 with 70% attack, 4 aces and 3 winning walls. Double figures in the HCL house also for Plotnytskyi (17 ground balls), 9 for an excellent Russo (80% first half). In the’Itas Trentino 16 for Nelli, 14 for Lavia, 12 for Michieletto.