US EditionSerie A Bottom Side Genoa Sack Coach Vieira After Winless Start
- On Saturday, Genoa CFC announces that Patrick Vieira is no longer the coach of the First Team as his tenure ended with the club winless and last after nine Serie A games.
- After Wednesday's 2-0 loss to Cremonese, where Federico Bonazzoli scored twice, fans protested loudly and Genoa had sacked sporting director Marco Ottolini on Friday.
- Patrick Vieira was hired about a year ago to replace Alberto Gilardino, led Genoa to 13th last season, and received a two-year contract extension.
- Roberto Murgita and Domenico Criscito were named joint interim managers for Monday's match at Sassuolo, with Criscito promoted from the under-17 team and the club entrusting technical guidance to them.
- The move was the second coaching change in Serie A this week after Luciano Spalletti replaced Igor Tudor at Juventus, making Vieira the second coach to lose his job this season.
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Genoa, the last-placed team in the Italian league, have sacked Patrick Vieira. The former France international has failed to lead his team to a win in their last nine matches. Roberto Murgita will take over as interim manager of the Italian first division side.
The former football world champion Patrick Vieira is no longer the coach of the Italian first division team Genoa. After nine league matches, the final light of the Serie A announced the separation from the 49-year-old Frenchman on Saturday. Vieira had taken over the club last November and led to the class preservation.The former Arsenal captain has so far also supervised the MLS club New York City FC, OGC Nice, Crystal Palace and Racing Strasbo…
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Danish midfielder Morten Frendrup will have a new head coach at Genoa, who are without a single win in their first nine games in the top Italian football league. It now costs Frenchman Patrick Vie...
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