Italy digests early World Cup exit Italian fans and newspapers have been reacting to the national football team's disastrous group-stage exit from the World Cup. Following his team's defeat to Uruguay on Tuesday night, coach Cesare Prandelli immediately offered his resignation, as did the head of the national football federation Giancarlo Abete. There was further bad news on Wednesday, with the announcement that a Naples fan who was shot in the build-up to the Coppa Italia final in May has died of his injuries. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES.