Sensational turnaround at Genoa: Gilardino sacked, Patrick Vieira arrives in his place
A dramatic turn of events a few days before the home match against Cagliari
Patrick Vieira (ANSA)
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Sensational upset at Genoa, just a few days before the match against Cagliari, valid for the thirteenth day of the championship.
Grifone has fired coach Alberto Gilardino, and in his place comes Patrick Vieira , an old acquaintance of Italian football, former midfielder for Inter and Juventus.
An unexpected twist, which comes 12 days after the Ligurians' home draw against Como. On Sunday, at 12:30, Vieira will sit on the Grifone bench in the home salvation challenge against Cagliari .
After 12 games, Genoa has 10 points in the standings like Cagliari and Como, one more than third-last Lecce. An unexpected dismissal in light of the timing (Thursday 7 November the last challenge of the Grifone, 1-1 at home with Genoa) and the latest results. The team, in fact, after a terrible start to the season, was finding play and points, a win and a draw in the last two games .
From the first information coming from Genoa circles it seems that the decision came from the technical area, understood as the part of the international management that is headed by the Americans of A-Cap , the company that took over from 777 after their financial crisis. In Genoa, the CEO Blazquez and the DS Ottolini operate and until today they had not given rise to any hypothesis of a change of leadership of the team.
The news came as a real bolt from the blue for the fans, who had seen how the team had united around Gilardino, who directed the last training session on Saturday morning and was supposed to resume training today.
(Unioneonline/L)
