🔗 Share this article Matteo Cancellieri Demonstrates Glimpses of Brilliance in Bright Spot for Unstable Lazio The mood at the Stadio Olimpico was far from happy on Saturday afternoon. The Biancocelesti found themselves behind against Torino, an opponent that had conceded ten goals while netting just two in their last five league matches. Ultras from the Curva Nord were wrapping up their ongoing dissent in a long-running conflict with club owner Claudio Lotito. A Season Falling Apart? Had their campaign falling apart, or was there ever a binding element holding it together in the first place? The club brought back Maurizio Sarri to lead the team in the summer transfer window, but then he admitted that the board had not mentioned a registration embargo they were facing for financial irregularities. Reports that he might quit were not true, but he did say that Lotito had "misled" him. The Roman club appeared equally disorganized during matches as behind the scenes, overcoming Verona 4-0 and Genoa 3-0 but losing their other first five games, featuring the derby della Capitale. Throughout this period, it has been hard to ascertain if they're getting better or imploding. The Youngster's Unexpected Comeback A single player continued to smile amid the chaos. Matteo Cancellieri wasn't originally meant to be at Lazio during this campaign. He spent the last one with Parma on loan and, early this summer, his parent club were attempting to extend his stay for another season. The signing restriction forced a rethink. The club couldn't risk to thin their squad lacking backup options. He joined initially during Sarri's previous tenure, then a 20-year-old product of Verona's academy. He accumulated 20 matches in the league for Lazio in that campaign, the vast majority of those coming off the bench. The ex- sporting director, Igli Tare, whose tenure ended following that term, later stated Sarri of "promising everyone Cancellieri would be a star only to bench him consistently." Discovering His Natural Fit Perhaps the manager was still trying to identify the exact type of his skill set. Billed as a wide forward on arrival, Cancellieri instead found himself most of that campaign as an ineffective backup to Ciro Immobile at No 9. In 63 appearances while playing for Empoli and Parma over the last two seasons, he scored seven times. Shoehorn