Cancellieri Demonstrates Glimpses of Brilliance in Positive Aspect for Haywire Lazio
The feeling at their home stadium was decidedly gloomy during the weekend fixture. The home side was losing against Torino, a team that had allowed 10 goals while scoring only two in their previous five league matches. Supporters from the Curva Nord were wrapping up their most recent demonstration in a long-running conflict with club owner Claudio Lotito.
This Year's Efforts Falling Apart?
Had their campaign unraveling, or was there ever any cohesion keeping it intact to start with? Lazio reinstated Maurizio Sarri as manager during the off-season, only for him admitted that the club had omitted to inform him about a registration embargo they were facing for accounting issues. Speculation that he might quit were not true, but he did say that Lotito had "swindled" him.
The Biancocelesti became as messy during matches as off the field, overcoming Verona 4-0 and Genoa 3-0 but being defeated in the rest of their initial five matches, including the Rome derby. From one game to the next, it has been hard to tell if they are improving or self-destructing.
Matteo's Unexpected Comeback
At least one man continued to smile amid the chaos. Matteo Cancellieri had not been expected to remain with Lazio this season. He completed last season at Parma as a loanee and, at the start of the off-season, his parent club were attempting to remain there temporarily. The signing restriction led to a change of plans. Lazio could not afford to weaken their team lacking backup options.
He joined initially during Sarri's previous tenure, then a 20-year-old product of Verona's academy. He recorded 20 matches in the league for Lazio in that campaign, almost all of those coming off the bench. The ex- sporting director, Igli Tare, who departed following that term, would later accuse Sarri of "informing all Cancellieri was destined for stardom only to bench him consistently."
Discovering His True Position
It's possible the coach was persistently working to identify the nature of his skill set. Billed as an attacking winger on arrival, Cancellieri instead found himself most of that campaign as a struggling deputy to Ciro Immobile in the striker role. In 63 appearances while playing for Empoli and Parma in the past two years, his tally was seven goals. Shoehorn
