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A lacklustre Fiorentina wasted the chance to climb into the fourth Champions League qualifying spot when they were beaten 3-1 at Udinese in Serie A.

Fourth-placed Genoa's 1-0 defeat by Lazio on Saturday had opened the door for the Florence club but Udinese, knocked out of the UEFA Cup on Thursday, secured a comfortable victory.

Kwadwo Asamoah fired in the opener before Gaetano D'Agostino converted a second-half penalty after Fiorentina's Alessandro Gamberini was harshly adjudged to have handled.

Dario Dainelli's header gave the visitors hope but midfielder D'Agostino netted a splendid free kick to wrap up victory for mid-table Udinese.

Fiorentina in fifth stay two points adrift of Genoa with six games left.

Sixth-placed Roma moved five behind Genoa after beating second-bottom Lecce 3-2 thanks to Francesco Totti's brace.

Visitors Lecce had fought back from 2-0 down to equalise but a contentious Totti penalty settled matters.

Bologna remain third-bottom, two above Lecce, after succumbing 4-1 at Europa League hopefuls Palermo in a poor first game in charge for Giuseppe Papadopulo.

Bottom side Reggina though boosted their outside hopes of survival with a deserved 1-0 win at home specialists Atalanta.

Fabio Ceravolo struck in the first half with the visitors also hitting the woodwork twice in the second period.

The club from Reggio Calabria on the toe of Italy are four points adrift of fourth-bottom Torino, who visit third-placed Milan later.

Milan can move level with second-placed Juventus if they win following Juve's 1-1 draw with runaway leaders Internazionle on Saturday.

Reuters