The Men's Volleyball Preliminaries will end today, but Italy and Bulgaria will meet in the penultimate matchup of Group A. Bulgaria ia in first place in Group A, meanwhile Italy is currently in third place. 

Both teams are 3-1, but Bulgaria has tallied nine points and Italy has eight.

Bulgaria began the Olympics on a roll. They defeated the Olympic hosts, Great Britain in three sets. They then beated one of the favorites to win a medal in the Olympics, Poland in four sets. They faced Australia and beat them in three sets.

In their last matchup, Bulgaria was surprised by a struggling Argentina team. They lost in four sets to the currently fifth place team in the pool.

For Italy, their Olympic experience has been quit similar. Instead of winning their first three and losing their latest match, the lost their first match and won their last three. 

They faced Poland in their first Olympic match and lost 1-3. Italy's volleyball team then faced Argentina and defeated them in four sets. Great Britain also suffered a loss at the hands of the Italians. 

The Italian's latest victims pushed them to the brink. Down two sets to nothing, Italy rallied back to capture the last three sets. They won 21-25, 18-25, 25-21, 25-14, 15-13.

The action starts at 9:45 a.m ET./2:45 p.m. GMT.

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