Patrick Vieira at Genoa
Patrick Vieira has been sacked by Genoa
Patrick Vieira has been sacked by Genoa after seeing his team slide down the Serie A table. The former star oversaw a 2-0 home loss against newly-promoted Cremonese in his final match in charge, leaving the Rossoblu bottom of the pile.
Jamie Vardy's strike partner, Federico Bonazzoli, scored both of Cremonese's goals in their 2-0 win on Wednesday. The result made it nine games without a win for Vieira's side to kick off the new season.
"Genoa CFC announces that Patrick Vieira is no longer the coach of the First Team," Genoa said in a statement. "The club would like to thank the coach and his staff for the dedication and professionalism they have shown throughout their work and wishes them all the best for their future careers.
"The technical leadership of the First Team has been entrusted on an interim basis to Mister Roberto Murgita, assisted by Mister Domenico Criscito," they added. Genoa's next game is on Monday, away to Sassuolo."
Vieira only signed a new contract with the Italian side over the summer after being linked with former club Inter Milan. Simone Inzaghi left Inter for Al-Hilal over the summer but ended up being replaced by Vieira's former San Siro team-mate Christian Chivu.
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Genoa kicked off the campaign with a comfortable 3-0 victory over third-tier Vicenza in the Coppa Italia, also beating Serie B side Empoli in round two, but haven't been able to follow those victories with a league win. They have just three draws and six defeats from their nine outings, while their return of just four goals scored is the joint-worst in the league.
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