Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA and TOURS VB know each other pretty well after playing in the same pool of the CEV Champions League Volley - Men for a third season in a row. Both teams entered the court full of motivation and energy what resulted in a competitive opening. They spared no efforts in defence fighting hard for every ball, but from 7-7 PERUGIA jumped into three-point lead. With a solid performance of Wilfredo Leon (7 points), Vital Heynen's team kept the score safe sealing the set at 25-19.

The second part was a way more levelled. Thrilling point-by-point race lasted almost entire set, TOURS VB impressed in block (5 points), but in the decisive part PERUGIA showed no mercy. The hosts managed to save two set points - one with spectacular ace from Pablo Ventura Machado, but third time was a charm. Aleksandar Atanasijevic's spike closed the second set.

Leading 2-0 in the game, PERUGIA felt even more confident on the court, they built a four-point lead already in the early stage (8-4) and kept on running with a score. The hosts TOURS VB were able to reduce a gap to two points, but it was not enough as PERUGIA were determined to close the game in the third set and they did it with the first match point, when Artur Udrys made a mistake crossing the 3rd-meter line during attack.

- Notable performance of Wilfredo Leon, who was named the MVP. With 17 points he topped the scorers' chart. His figures included 12 winning spikes, 4 aces, 1 block and 42% of positive receptions.
- Zouheir El Graoui was a top scorer of TOURS VB. He tallied 11 points to his name.
- PERUGIA outspiked TOURS having 47 winning spikes, the hosts 31.
- Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA and TOURS VB meet regularly in the pool phase of the CEV Champions League Volley - Men. It's already the third season in a row, when they paths crossed this stage of competition. This game counted as their 7th encounter and all were won by PERUGIA. Aleksandar Atanasijevic of PERUGIA played in all seven games.