Italian Error But They Still Gain

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8 7 6 5
  2. heartK 5
  3. diamond8 5 4 2
  4. clubA 10 5
  1. spade10
  2. heartA 8 2
  3. diamondA Q 9 7
  4. clubJ 8 7 6 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 2 3 -
S - - 2 3 -
E 4 5 - - 2
W 4 5 - - 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 9 2
  2. heart9 3
  3. diamondK J 10 6 3
  4. clubK Q 3

Contract: 6diamond
Declarer: West
Lead: spade8
  1. spadeK Q J 4 3
  2. heartQ J 10 7 6 4
  3. diamond—
  4. club9 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade
Dble 3spade 4spade Pass
5club Pass Pass 5spade
Pass Pass 5NT Pass
6diamond End
. . . North rose (Rose by name, rose by nature) with the ace (wrong) and Belladonna (dummy) played the three (wrong). Before declarer could correct dummy's error (by unblocking the king) South had divined the situation and followed suit as quick as lightening. Rose rose to the occasion by switching to heartK and declarer was doomed.

Did this result mean that the Italians got a bad score on the board?
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