A Francesco Totti-inspired AS Roma beat ACF Fiorentina 4-2 to leapfrog the Viola and city rivals S.S. Lazio into fourth place in Serie A.
The hosts' perfect start provided by Panagiotis Tachtsidis' first goal for the club was quickly wiped out by Facundo Roncaglia. However, a double from the evergreen Totti – the first a neat finish from a flicked first touch, the second a thunderbolt from distance – ensured a 3-1 half-time lead for the Giallorossi. Mounir El Hamdaoui's header reduced the arrears immediately after the restart and Vincenzo Montella's charges threatened to equalise, but Pablo Osvaldo secured the points late on.
Atalanta BC moved eighth, one place ahead of Parma FC after goals from Germán Denis and Federico Peluso earned them a 2-1 victory against the Gialloblu, for whom Amauri was on the mark.
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Leandro Castan 7, Totti 19, 45+1, Osvaldo 88 | Roncaglia 14, El Hamdaoui 46 | ||||
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Atalanta | ![]() | 2-1 | ![]() | Parma | |
Amauri 45 | |||||
Venue: Bergamo |
Clubs | P | Pts | |||
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1 | ![]() | Juventus | 15 | 35 | |
2 | ![]() | SSC Napoli | 15 | 33 | |
3 | ![]() | FC Internazionale Milano | 15 | 31 | |
4 | ![]() | S.S. Lazio | 15 | 29 | |
5 | ![]() | AS Roma | 16 | 29 | |
6 | ![]() | ACF Fiorentina | 16 | 29 | |
7 | ![]() | AC Milan | 15 | 21 | |
8 | ![]() | Atalanta BC * | 16 | 21 | |
9 | ![]() | Parma FC | 16 | 20 | |
10 | ![]() | Udinese Calcio | 15 | 19 | |
11 | ![]() | Calcio Catania | 15 | 19 | |
12 | ![]() | UC Sampdoria * | 15 | 17 | |
13 | ![]() | Cagliari Calcio | 15 | 16 | |
14 | ![]() | Torino FC * | 15 | 15 | |
15 | ![]() | AC Chievo Verona | 15 | 15 | |
16 | ![]() | Bologna FC | 15 | 14 | |
17 | ![]() | US Città di Palermo | 15 | 14 | |
18 | ![]() | Genoa CFC | 15 | 12 | |
19 | ![]() | AC Siena * | 15 | 11 | |
20 | ![]() | Pescara Calcio | 15 | 11 |
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