[USA CONFIDENTIAL] The sun rose over Genoa and the rest of Italy Thursday, not long after the final whistle blew on a 1-0 defeat inflicted on the Azzurri by theUSA. And life seemed undisturbed. La Gazzetta dello Sport blared a headline best described as innocuous:

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