Oleg Plotnytskyi, outside spiker of Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA: “A trip to Novy Urengoy is the farthest trip of the season. This was unusual for us, 4 hours of time difference. We adapted hard, the game was not easy. But fortunately, we managed to play as planned. Everyone gave 100%. Fakel is a very good team, and you can 't play with them in a relaxed way, because they can immediately punish you.”

Marko Podrascanin, MVP, middle blocker of Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA: “It was a great match. I believe that Egor Kliuka was not enough for the Fakel. Next Tuesday we will have the second leg in Perugia and we hope to see it there.” 

Igor Kolodinskiy, captain of Fakel NOVY URENGOY: "The game today was good, although the beginning was not very. Our third set turned out to be excellent, we played very cleanly. This is the kind of volleyball the Fakel should play. We ruled out all our mistakes, played very well on the block and in defense, these are exactly the elements that we are famous for."

"Unfortunately, it was not possible to transfer the game to the fifth set. Now we will try to practice fruitfully before the second game and show our maximum already in Italy."