Minas of the excellent Lucarelli (75% in attack) was better in 1. and 3. set.
Cimed exceeded the rival in 2. and 4. set.
In the tiebreak Minas took the lead with 2 aces of Lucarelli (2:4), but then Eder evened the result 4:4.
The errors of Miraglia and Rejlek led to 6:4.
From then on dominated the block of Cimed , while Minas continued making errors in attack.
The best in attack of Cimed was Joao Paulo Tavares with 65% efficiency and Rivaldo with 62%.
Quarterfinals: Game 1: Results and schedule
March 17
CIMED / SKY – VIVO / MINAS 3:2 (25:27, 25:17, 24:26, 25:17, 15:8)
CIMED / SKY: Bruno Rezende “Bruninho” 4, Russomano Renato Santos 11, Rodrigo Pinto “Rivaldo” 24, Gustavo Endres 11, Eder Carbonera 9, Joao Paulo Tavares 16, Thales Hoss (L), Rafael Araujo 0, Murilo Radke 0, Jean Badalotti “Bada” 0, Kaio Rocha 1
Did not enter: Renato Felizardo
Coach: Douglas Chiarotti
VIVO / MINAS: Orestes “Miraglia” Carvalho 5, Marcelo El Garten “Marcelinho” 0, Manius Abbadi 10, Ricardo Soua “Lucarelli” 21, Henrique Randow 7, Rejlek 19, Leandro Greek “Polaco” (L), Samuel Fuchs 0, Rodrigo Rodrigues 0, Bruno Araujo 4, Otavio Pinto 0, Anderson Rodrigues 4
Coach: Marcelo Fronckowiak
MVP: Bruno Rezende “Bruninho”