Vieira's Genoa continue revival in front of new owner

Milan, Italy: Genoa continued their revival under Patrick Vieira on Sunday with their first home win of the season, 1 0 over relegation rivals Parma,...

Milan, Italy: Genoa continued their revival under Patrick Vieira on Sunday with their first home win of the season, 1-0 over relegation rivals Parma, in front of new majority shareholder Dan Sucu.

Morten Frendrup's wildly deflected strike in the 65th minute gave Genoa their third win since France and Arsenal icon Vieira replaced Alberto Gilardino in November.

Genoa are up to 11th, level on 23 points with Roma who are at Bologna later on Sunday, and five points above the relegation zone.

Under Vieira, Italy's oldest football club have lost just once in eight matches, a narrow defeat to league leaders Napoli just before Christmas.

It made for a propitious first appearance at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris for Sucu who took over Genoa last month after he subscribed to a 45 million euro ($46.3 million) capital increase which gave him 77 percent of the club.