Vieira gets first win with Genoa at 10-man Udinese

MILAN, Italy: Patrick Vieira won his first match as Genoa coach on Sunday with a 2-0 success at 10-man Udinese which moved his new team away from the Serie A relegation zone.

Genoa are 13th and three points above the bottom three thanks to Andrea Pinamonti´s early close range finish and Lautaro Giannetti´s 67th-minute own goal. Vieira, who replaced sacked Alberto Gilardino during last month´s international break, was helped by Isaak Toure being sent off for elbowing Alessandro Zanoli with barely a minute gone. Udinese are ninth on 17 points but are on a worrying run of form, with Sunday´s defeat the fourth in a five-match winless run for Kosta Runjaic´s team.