Scorers: Chivu 24 (Ro), Franceschini 71 (Re), Bonazzoli 83 (Re)

Reggina shocked the Stadio Olimpico and fought back from a goal down to earn a victory that surely ends Roma's Champions' League ambitions.

The Giallorossi were 10 points adrift of the Champions' League places going into this game and welcomed back Francesco Totti, Christian Panucci, Daniele De Rossi and Philippe Mexes, though Leandro Cufre sat out the first of a two-match ban. Reggina had lost six of their last seven games, but had beaten Roma earlier this season.

The first real save was on De Rossi's powerful but central strike after seven minutes of play, then Amantino Mancini's angled drive was only parried and he hit the follow-up into the side-netting.

Reggina were certainly not going to be happy playing for a stalemate and moments later Gaetano De Rosa's accurate header brought a great save out of Gianluca Curci for a corner kick.

The young goalkeeper was again called into action and flew to tip Giuseppe Colucci's rising shot over the bar, while Giandomenico Mesto fired off target as Reggina pushed forward in these early stages.

When Roma did manage to attack, they certainly did it with style. On 23 minutes Cassano and Totti duetted divinely with half a dozen passes and only a desperate defensive intervention prevented the captain from walking the ball into the net.

The resulting corner kick proved decisive anyway, as it came out to Cristian Chivu's left foot for an absolute screamer from 26 metres that rocketed into the top corner before Salvatore Soviero knew what had happened. The Romanian defender had also scored a stunning goal in last week's 3-3 draw at Udinese.

Totti then set Vincenzo Montella running with an incredible backheeled cross that looped back over his head, but the hitman's chip was off target.

Daniele De Rossi wanted to keep up with his teammates and tried to flick Mancini's cross in with his heel, but this time Soviero was alert.

The goal had clearly woken Roma up and there was another sumptuous team move between Cassano, Totti and Mancini, but soon after Matteo Ferrari had to charge down Mozart's piledriver.

Reggina again had a strong start to the half and Curci was impressive with a one-handed save to tip Giacomo Tedesco's swerving strike out for a corner.

De Rosa's looping header from a deflected cross swung on to the roof of the net as the Amaranto pushed hard for an equaliser against an increasingly nervous Roma side. They moved to the 3-5-2 system when forward Marco Borriello replaced winger Giandomenico Mesto.

On the hour mark there was a golden opportunity for Reggina to draw level, but Montella was on the line for a decisive clearance on Tedesco's header.

Totti tried to break the siege with a fierce strike from 20 metres that was just over the crossbar and moments later Soviero timed his intervention perfectly to push Mancini's low cross off Montella's foot after the move had been started by the captain.

Cassano wasted the chance to double Roma's lead on 67 minutes when he had space to shoot, but opted to pass it back to Montella instead and it went begging.

Tedesco took advantage of a very complacent Mexes pass and found himself in a promising position only to blast it over the bar.

Another defensive error cost Roma dearly on 71 minutes, as Reggina found their equaliser at the end of a chaotic move. Curci performed two stunning saves to keep out Borriello, but the ball squirmed into the path of Ivan Franceschini for a tap-in.

Roma's fitness levels had simply collapsed in the second half and they looked sluggish, though Totti curled a free kick wide of the target and a well-timed De Rosa intervention stopped Cassano from scoring.

The following corner kick was chaos in the area, as Mancini's scissor-kick was redirected by Montella's head, then Panucci struck the post from close range and the Serie A top scorer again ballooned over the bar from less than six yards.

Panucci suffered an injury during that move and had to be replaced by youth team player Valerio Virga for the final 10 minutes.

However, the Giallorossi were visibly weakening as time went on and Reggina took the lead moments later. Emiliano Bonazzoli spun round Ferrari and placed his angled drive into the far corner to stun the Stadio Olimpico.

Chivu, who had opened the scoring, went for a second though Soviero was able to punch away his curling free kick. Montella ran on to a Cassano through ball and was muscled off it by Jacopo Balestri, while at the other end Curci sprinted outside his box to clear from Esteves.

Deep into stoppages Totti's free kick was slightly deflected to shave the woodwork, but Reggina picked up all three points and left Roma to be booed off the pitch.

Roma: Curci; Panucci (Virga 81), Mexes, Ferrari, Chivu; De Rossi, Dacourt, Mancini; Totti, Cassano, Montella

Reggina: Soviero; Cannarsa, Zamboni, Franceschini, De Rosa; Mesto (Borriello 58), Mozart, Tedesco, Balestri; Colucci (Esteves 69); Bonazzoli (Piccolo 90)

Ref: Rizzoli