Champions League: the first leg of the quarterfinals

This week there was the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.

After the first set completely dominated by Cucine Lube Civitanova, Dinamo Moscow got back into the game, and the match ended after more than two hours, at the tie-break. An important victory for Civitanova, which next week will have to win with any result to make it to the semifinals.

Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia also won at the tie-break. Bernardi's team started well, but suffered two setbacks that brought its opponents back into the game: the first during the second set, in which Sir led 19-12 and then lost; the second in the tie-break, when the French team went from 5-10 to 14-13. Perugia, therefore, managed to return home with an important victory.


The results:

• Dinamo Moscow - Cucine Lube Civitanova 2-3 (10-25, 25-23, 25-23, 18-25, 13-15) 
• Chaumont VB 52 HM - Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia 2-3 (21-25, 31-29, 25-17, 19-25, 14-16) 
• Trefl Gdansk - Zenit Kazan 2-3 (19-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-23, 13-15) 
• PGE Skra Belchatow - Zenit Saint Petersburg 3-1 (25-18, 13-25, 25-22, 25-18)