BEIJING, Feb. 11 -- Christian Panucci and Mancini scored as second-placed AS Roma beat strugglers Reggina 2-0 on Saturday to trim Inter Milan's lead at the top of Serie A to five points.
Italy defender Panucci headed in a Francesco Totti cross from a tight angle in the 21st minute to put the Romans on their way to burying the memory of last week's 3-0 defeat at Siena.
They doubled the lead in the 76th minute when Brazilian midfielder Mancini fired home the rebound from a Ludovic Giuly shot after some fine dribbling.
Reggina's Edgar Barreto had a goal disallowed for offside before Mancini's effort and Nigeria striker Stephen Makinwa hit the crossbar just after it.
Inter, which has 53 points from 21 games, can restore its eight-point advantage with a victory at Catania late yesterday.
Fiorentina's bid for a Champions League berth suffered a setback when it was held 2-2 at Atalanta.
Fiorentina took the lead in the 29th minute when forward Giampaolo Pazzini controlled a Riccardo Montolivo pass and spun around to find the far corner. Atalanta's Bosnian striker Zlatan Muslimovic equalised with the first of his two goals a minute later.
Fiorentina went ahead again when winger Franco Semioli, who missed Italy's midweek friendly against Portugal with a foot problem, headed in Zdravko Kuzmanovic's cross from the right on the hour.
But Muslimovic gave Atalanta a share of the spoils when he finished off a neat counter attack to complete his double in added time.
The Florence club stay fourth with 38 points from 22 games.
In France, two goals from midfielder Mathieu Bodmer helped Olympique Lyon crush strugglers Sochaux 4-1 on Saturday to stay four points clear at the top of Ligue 1.
Lyon, chasing a seventh consecutive title, moves on 49 points from 24 matches, four ahead of second-placed Girondins Bordeaux, which beat bottom club Metz 3-0 with two goals from Fernando Cavenaghi.
Third-placed Nancy, which had gone nine matches without a win, beat Toulouse 1-0.
(Source: Shanghai Daily/Agencies)
