Napoli Blow Chance To Go Second, Roma Win

Goals by Mirko Vucinic, Juan and Francesco Totti lifted Roma towards the middle of table.

Napoli blew the chance to join AC Milan in second place in Serie A on Sunday when they were held 2-2 at home by Cagliari, while AS Roma continued their return to form with a 3-0 win at Lecce.

Daniele Conti scored a stoppage-time equaliser for the Sardinians after Napoli's Ezequiel Lavezzi thought he had won it with a superb late free kick, leaving the hosts level with Juventus in third place with 24 points from 13 games.

Cagliari's Diego Lopez had pounced in the 66th minute to cancel out Slovak midfielder Marek Hamsyk's early opener.

Montenegro striker Mirko Vucinic set Roma on their way in the 11th minute when he ran on to a Francesco Totti through ball and slotted home a diagonal shot, although he would not celebrate scoring against his former club.

Brazilian defender Juan knocked in the visitors' second seven minutes before halftime when the deflection of a Matteo Brighi effort fell to him close to goal.

Captain Totti wrapped up things with a delightful chip over oncoming keeper Francesco Benussi four minutes after the break.

Coming on the back of last week's derby victory over Lazio, the win lifts Roma towards the middle of the standings after their miserable start and boosts morale before Wednesday's visit to CFR Cluj in the Champions League.

Lazio are joint fifth with Fiorentina, who beat Udinese 4-2 on Saturday, after grabbing a 1-1 home draw with Genoa thanks to Ousmane Dabo's powerful strike that slipped through keeper Rubinho's hands 10 minutes from time.

Diego Milito had put Genoa in front with his 11th goal of the season in the 69th minute.

The Argentine striker had a tap-in wrongly disallowed for offside and blasted a penalty over the bar either side of halftime.

With a win at Torino in Sunday's late game (1930 GMT), Milan, who have 26 points, can pull back within one point of Inter, 1-0 victors over Juventus 1-0 on Saturday.