Ten points in seven games, the French coach has given a shock. Compared to the first twelve days with Gilardino, the average has improved
Genoa ended the first half of the season with 20 points, one less than last season, when Martinez, Gudmundsson and Retegui were there. Quota 20 is a significant psychological threshold because, with another 20 bricks in the return, the Griffin would reach top 40, and salvation would be easy. The Vieira effect was stark. The new coach has raised Genoa’s cruising speed. Patrick Vieira won the same points as his predecessor Alberto Gilardino, 10 each, but with five fewer games available. Ten points in 7 games at an average of 1.43 per game, whereas Gilardino had accumulated 10 in 12 at an average of 0.83. The differential between the two is 0.60, more than half a point per match, the not-so-subtle red line between Serie A and relegation. At a pace of 1.43 you can aspire to something more than survival. With 0.83 Serie B is guaranteed.