Matteo Cancellieri Demonstrates Flashing Moments of Brilliance in Bright Spot for Unstable Lazio
The feeling at their home stadium was anything but joyful this past Saturday. Lazio were trailing against Torino, a team that had allowed 10 goals while netting just two in their last five league matches. Supporters from the Curva Nord were finishing their most recent demonstration in an ongoing feud with president Claudio Lotito.
The Campaign Unraveling?
Had their campaign falling apart, or was there ever a binding element maintaining its structure in the first place? They reappointed Maurizio Sarri as manager this summer, but then he admitted that the board had omitted to inform him about the transfer ban they were facing for accounting issues. Rumours that he might quit were not true, but he stated that Lotito had "swindled" him.
The Roman club were just as chaotic in their performances as behind the scenes, beating Verona 4-0 and Genoa 3-0 but losing the remaining initial five matches, which included the capital clash. At any given moment, it has been hard to ascertain if they are improving or imploding.
Cancellieri's Unexpected Return
One individual kept smiling through it. Matteo Cancellieri wasn't originally meant to be at Lazio during this campaign. He completed the previous campaign with Parma on loan and, at the start of the off-season, Lazio were attempting to stay there a while longer. The transfer ban led to a change of plans. The club couldn't risk to weaken their team with no new signings.
He joined originally during Sarri's previous tenure, at that time a 20-year-old product of Verona's academy. He made 20 Serie A appearances in Lazio colors in that campaign, almost all of those from the bench. The club's longtime sporting director, Igli Tare, who departed following that term, subsequently claimed Sarri of "promising everyone Cancellieri was destined for stardom only to bench him consistently."
Discovering His Best Role
It's possible the coach was persistently working to determine the nature of his skill set. Billed as a flank player when he joined, Cancellieri yet was deployed for the majority of that term as a struggling deputy to Ciro Immobile at No 9. Across 63 games while playing for Empoli and Parma during recent campaigns, he scored seven times. Shoehorn
