Inter Held to Scoreless Draw By Reggina; AC Milan In Fifth, One Point Out Of CL Berth

Ten games were played Saturday in Italy's Serie A:

At Reggio di Calabria:

Homestanding Regina stayed out of the relegation zone by holding runaway league-leading Inter Milan to a 0-0 home deadlock.

At Milan:

AC Milan, thanks to goals from Ronaldo (12'), Alberto Gilardino (44'), and Giuseppe Favalli (78'), downed Empoli 3-1 to overtake the guests and move into fifth place in the Serie A standings, one point behind Palermo and a Champions League qualifying berth.

At Leece:

Second-place AS Roma, with goals from Francesco Tavano (37') and Mirko Vucinic (84'), the latter the hero of their Champions League series-opening home win over Manchester United, blanked sliding Catania 2-0 in a game played behind closed doors at a neutral site.

At Rome:

Guglielmo Stendardo provided the only goal (45') in third-place Lazlo's 1-0 home win over relegation-threatened Messina.

At Palermo:

Thanks in part to Davide Suazo's double (PK-37', 86'), Cagliari's hopes of staying in Serie A received a big boost with their 3-1 road win over Palermo, whose lead over AC Milan for Italy's final Champions League berth shrank to one point.

At Bergamo:

Cristiano Doni's successful penalty kick at 54 minutes was all the scoring as Atalanta bested visiting Chievo Verona 1-0.

At Siena:

Goals courtesy of Massimo Maccarone (76') and Paolo Negro (81') enabled AC Siena to come back from a two-goal deficit to gain a home draw with Udinese at 2-2.

At Parma:

Giuseppe Rossi was the hero as his tally at 90 minutes enabled Parma to gain a much needed 1-0 home win over Livorno and climb to one point away from safety.

At Florence:

One goal from each of four different scorers ignited an offensive barrage that saw Fiorentina pistolwhip hapless, visiting, basement-occupying Ascoli 4-0.

At Genoa:

Emiliano Bonazzoli's 17th-minute tally held up as Sampdoria defeated visiting Torino 1-0.