Fiorentina defender Facundo Roncaglia, aided by a blunder from Napoli goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis, scored from just inside his own half in a 1-1 Serie A draw yesterday.

Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani replied for Napoli with his 100th Serie A goal and 17th of the season to take his side level on points with Lazio in second place.

Napoli and Lazio both have 43 points from 21 games, five behind Juventus who thumped Udinese 4-0 on Saturday.

Giampaolo Pazzini scored twice, the second an exquisite lesson in close control, to give Milan a 2-1 win over Bologna while bottom club Siena ended a run of six successive defeats by beating Sampdoria 1-0.

Roma and Inter failed to gain ground from the leading teams after they fought out a 1-1 draw.

Francesco Totti put Roma ahead when he converted 22nd minute penalty.

But Inter fought back to gain an equaliser in first-half added time when Freddy Guarin set up Rodrigo Palacio who tapped home from close in.

Fiorentina and Napoli served up a dismal opening half hour, punctuated by cynical fouls, bickering and five yellow cards, before Roncaglia inadvertently put the hosts in front in the 33rd minute.

From just inside his own half, the Argentine defender floated a long ball forward into the Napoli penalty area where it was completely misjudged by De Sanctis, flew over the goalkeeper’s head and bounced into the goal.

Cavani spared Napoli’s blushes nine minutes later when he scored with a glancing header following a low free kick from the left.

It was his 66th league goal in only two-and-a-half seasons with Napoli to add to 34 goals in just over three seasons with Palermo.

Napoli could have won it in the second half but were denied by Fiorentina goalkeeper Neto who produced a miraculous save to stop Goran Pandev’s header from six metres on the line.

Milan and Bologna also produced a dreary opening which matched the conditions on a foggy winter’s afternoon at the San Siro.

Pazzini brought the game to life just after the hour when he scored with a firm.

He shone through the gloom again in the 82nd minute when he controlled Kevin-Prince Boateng’s low cross with his back to goal, flicked the ball backwards over his marker, turned and placed his shot past Federico Agliardi.

Bologna, beaten 3-2 by Inter in the Italian Cup in midweek after fighting back from 2-0 down, again sprung into life after going two goals behind and pulled one back with a Philippe Mexes own goal two minutes later.

Siena remained bottom with 14 points despite their win but are now two points behind Palermo and three adrift of Genoa thanks to a 71st-minute header from Erjon Bogdani against Sampdoria.

Genoa lost 2-0 at home to Catania with Argentine Gonzalo Bergessio scoring after four minutes and his compatriot Pablo Barrientos adding another in the 86th.

Serie A

Atalanta 1
Stendardo 57;
Cagliari 1
Canini 2 og;

HT: 0-1. Att: 13,846.
Red card: Giorgi (A) 79.

Chievo 1
Paloschi 56;
Parma 1
Belfodil 40;

HT: 0-1. Att: 9,500.

Fiorentina 1
Roncaglia 33;
Napoli 1
Cavani 42;

HT: 1-1. Att: 29,466.

Genoa 0
Catania 2
Bergessio 4; Barrientos 86;

HT: 0-1. Att: 16,000.

Milan 2
Pazzini 65, 82;
Bologna 1
Mexes 84 og;

HT: 0-0. Att: 30,031.

Pescara 0
Torino 2
Santana 4; Cerci 41;

HT: 0-2. Att: 12,000.
Red card: Weiss (P) 82.

Roma 1
Totti 22 pen;
Inter 1
Palacio 45;

HT: 1-1. Att: 40,000.

Siena 1
Bogdani 71;
Sampdoria 0

HT: 0-0. Att: 7,691.

Standings

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Juventus	21	15	3	3	45	14	48
Napoli	21	13	4	4	41	19	43
Lazio	21	13	4	4	32	21	43
Inter	21	12	3	6	33	23	39
Fiorentina	21	10	6	5	38	25	36
Milan	21	10	4	7	38	28	34
Roma	21	10	3	8	44	35	33
Catania	21	9	5	7	29	27	32
Parma	21	8	7	6	29	27	31
Udinese	21	7	9	5	32	31	30
Torino	21	6	9	6	25	24	26
Chievo	21	7	4	10	22	34	25
Atalanta	21	7	4	10	19	31	23
Bologna	21	6	3	12	26	28	21
Sampdoria	21	6	4	11	22	29	21
Cagliari	21	5	5	11	20	37	20
Pescara	21	6	2	13	17	39	20
Genoa	21	4	5	12	21	34	17
Palermo	21	3	7	11	18	34	16
Siena	21	5	5	11	20	31	14

Top scorers
17 goals: Cavani (Napoli).
14 goals: El Shaarawy (Milan), Di Natale (Udinese).
10 goals: Klose (Lazio), Pazzini (Milan), Lamela (Roma), Osvaldo (Roma).

Next fixtures
Tomorrow: Coppa Italia semi-final, first leg – 20.45 Juventus vs Lazio.
Wednesday: Coppa Italia semi-final, first leg – 20.45 Roma vs Inter.
Saturday: 18.00 Lazio vs Chievo; 20.45 Juventus vs Genoa.
Sunday: 12.30 Bologna vs Roma. 15.00 Atalanta vs Milan; Cagliari vs Palermo; Catania vs Fiorentina; Parma vs Napoli; Sampdoria vs Pescara; Udinese vs Siena. 20.45 Inter vs Torino.

Prima Divisione ‘A’
Carpi vs Portogruaro 0-0; Como vs Tri-tium 4-0; FeralpiSalo vs Cremonese 1-0; Lumezzane vs Pavia 2-0; San Marino vs Lecce 3-1; Treviso vs Trapani 2-3; Entella vs AlbinoLeffe 2-0.

Leading standings: Trapani 35; Lecce 34; Carpi 31; SudTirol, V. Entella 30; Pavia 29; San Marino 28.

Prima Divisione ‘B’
Andria vs Frosinone 1-0; Barletta vs Pisa 1-0; Benevento vs Catanzaro 2-0; Carrarese vs Sorrento 5-0; Gubbio vs Perugia 2-3; Latina vs Nocerina 1-1; Prato vs Viareggio 3-0.

Leading standings: Latina 37; Avellino 35; Frosinone 30; Pisa, Nocerina 27; Prato, Perugia 25.