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Totti double piles on misery for faltering Milan

/noticias.info/ Francesco Totti scored twice as Roma won 2-1 at AC Milan on Saturday to move within a point of joint leaders Inter Milan and Palermo.

While Roma celebrated their first league victory away to AC Milan since December 1987, Milan were left to reflect upon their fourth defeat in five Serie A matches. Roma's win put them on 23 points, one behind Inter and Palermo who both play on Sunday.

Milan, weighed down heavily by an eight-point handicap for match-fixing, remain fifth from bottom on seven points.

Totti's hooked volley gave Roma a seventh-minute lead at the San Siro before Milan struck the woodwork twice, Clarence Seedorf and Ricardo Oliveira both seeing efforts rattle the crossbar.

Cristian Brocchi equalised for Milan in the 56th minute with a curling, right-footed shot struck with the outside of his boot.

Totti restored Roma's advantage seven minutes from time, stooping to head Mancini's lobbed cross past Nelson Dida.

Giampaolo Pazzini scored two late goals as Fiorentina came from behind to defeat Atalanta 3-1 in the day's early match.

Stung by a 15-point penalty for their involvement in the Italian match-fixing scandal, Fiorentina fell behind in the 25th minute when Giulio Migliaccio tapped in from six yards.

But the home side were back on level terms less than 60 seconds later, Adrian Mutu rifling home the loose ball after Alex Calderoni had saved Pazzini's close-range header.

Atalanta were furious when Pazzini squeezed in the home side's second goal from a tight angle in the final minute. The visitors felt Fiorentina should have kicked the ball out of play when their midfielder Andrea Soncin went down injured.

Pazzini rubbed salt into Atalanta's wounds in the fourth minute of stoppage time, rounding off a lightning counter-attack with a cool finish.

Fiorentina remain in the relegation despite their sixth win of the season. notas_de_prensa_archivo