Marco Materazzi headed home in the dying seconds to give Inter Milan a dramatic 1-1 draw at AS Roma, snapping the home side 11-match winning run. The Italian international's last-gasp goal cancelled out an early opener from Rodrigo Taddei. The result left Inter Milan third with 59 points, leading fifth-place Roma on four points. Fiorentina come fourth on 56. Roma broke the deadlock as early as the ninth minute thanks to a brilliant solo effort from Brazilian midfielder Mancini He raced down the left, cut into the box to round Materazzi and nipped the ball in between Pierre Wome's legs only for Taddei to steer the ball into the back of the net. Inter almost equalized just before the break when Esteban Cambiasso sent a marvelous volley but home keeper Doni was there to the rescue.
The guests even looked much better after the break and missed several opportunities to level as Roma remained dangerous on the break. In the 90th minute, Materazzi towered over the Roma defense to steer a powerful header into the back of the net after connecting with a fine corner-kick. Elsewhere, Giampaolo Pazzini found the net in the stoppage time to give Fiorentina a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Sienna. Serie A top scorer Luca Toni opened the scoring in the third minute while Simone Vergassola registered the visitors' only goal. In other matches, Chievo tied Lazio 2-2, Lecce beat Palermo 2-0, Livorno and Messina lost to Cagliari and Parma respectively 1-0.
