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Despite losing the bronze to Italy and ranking 4th at the London Olympics, with their performance the Bulgarian national men volleyball team became a source of pride for all fellow country people. Photo by BGNES
The Bulgarian national men volleyball team suffered a dramatic loss against Italy in a battle for the bronze at the 2012 London Olympics.
In an outstanding game, fighting till there last breath, and in a very close match, the Bulgarians, who became the country's Olympic heroes, lost Sunday with 1:3 (19:25, 25:23, 22:25, 21:25).
After winning the silver in Moscow in 1980 against the USSR, the fourth Olympic ranking is the biggest Bulgarian success along with another 4th place at the Munich Games.
Earlier, the Bulgarian team crushed Italy with 3:0 during the qualifiers in pool A, where it ranked first. The team lost against Russia in the semi-finals and had to face Italy for the second time at the London Olympics, after the latter was defeated by Brazil.
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