Matteo Cancellieri, who is the Verona forward with the first goal in Serie A
In the last round of the championship Matteo Cancellieri scored his first goal in Serie A with a wonderful left foot that allowed Verona to equalize on the Empoli field. But who is the young talent of the Gialloblù and the Under 21 National Team? From the passion for music to personal aspects, the portrait of a future champion of Italian football
EMPOLI-VERONA 1-1: GOAL AND HIGHLIGHTS
Minute 71 ‘. Starting from the right, ball controlled towards the center with the left-handed. Then the dry dribble to an opponent e left to turn on the far pole. A wonderwhich will make forever the March 20, 2022 an unforgettable fact in the life of Matteo Cancellieri. The day of the first goal in Serie Aearned the draw at Verona on the field ofEmpoli. But those who have followed him since the Primavera, know that the one seen at the ‘Castellani’ is the classic game ofoffensive winger born in 2002, who even on his debut with the Gialloblù Under 19 scored a similarity goal. Conicidences? No, demand for talent.
“But what have I done?”
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Such an important and beautiful goal, the one played against Empoli, which has an unequivocal exultation: surprised expression and gesture with the hand, as if to say: “But what have I done?”. Raised in the Rome but arrived at Verona last season, Cancellieri initially did not find space with Juric despite having scored well 15 goals in 18 matches in the Primavera championship. This year, however, the turning point: more and more protagonist, first with Di Francesco and then with Tudor, Matteo is finding continuity and has already collected 10 appearances in Serie A despite a stop for Covid and a couple of physical problems. Against Empoli, ten minutes after he entered the field, he managed to make his own first network “among the greats”. And now it has no intention of stopping.
From Roma Under 17 to the first goal in A
But who is Cancellieri? Grew up in the soccer school of Polisportiva De Rossiarrived at the Rome very young, only 16 years old. He immediately imposed himself with technique and personality, scoring 19 goals in 19 appearances for the Under 17 team Giallorossi and making his debut early with the Primavera team. In that year, 2018, he too is the protagonist of a curious but unpleasant episode: ball boy in Rome-Shakhtar Donetskround of 16 of the Champions League, he was pushed by Ferreyra – footballer of the Ukrainian team, who then apologized – ending up over the billboards. In 2018/19 the great season that immediately gave the foreshadowing of an important future, before some environmental problems arrived in the following year. It was precisely at that juncture that Roma decided to sell him to Verona in the deal that brought Kumbulla to the Giallorossi. The classic episode sliding doors And the beginning of the rise of Matteo Cancellieri: debut with a beautiful goal, similar to his first in Serie A, against Pordenone in the Coppa Italia Primavera and a championship with 15 goals in 18 appearances in Spring 2. With Juric the arrival in the first team, then the consecration this season, lived as a dream and crowned not only by the first, wonderful signing in Serie A, but also by first call in the Under 21 National Team, with which in September he made his debut scoring – for a change – a goal to applause against Luxembourg. The rest is a story to be lived, but with Cancellieri’s talent and desire to arrive, nothing really seems impossible.
Latin and Neapolitan music and Cancellieri’s mindset, passions and interests
But if Cancellieri has a future of absolute level ahead of him, it is not only thanks to his talent, but also thanks to an approach to life that is not common to all twenty-year-olds. Few vicesa lot of discipline: completely mentalized about his workMatteo finds one of his relief valves in the music. Not that Cuban however, although the blood of the Isla because of the mother. The Verona forward prefers the salsa and bachata Latin rap and the raggaeton Of Paul London And J-Balvin. From her portable speakerinseparable companion of adventures, then it often resounds too Naple’s music: several neo-melodic songs present in the Cancellieri playlist, all thanks to Federico, the boy he met in a village during a holiday in Sardinia and became a friend for life. Music also accompanies him before going to sleepwhen it is his habit to listen frequency hertz to meditate first and then sleep. And it is precisely the mentality another of the fundamental aspects in the life of Cancellieri: particularly meditative, the Verona striker over the years is increasingly approaching practices that make him even more reflective. And this is one of the factors that can help him reach the targets which he has set himself.
The relationship with Daniel Guerini and the importance of the family
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There is also another trait of Cancellieri’s personality, the one that Matteo often tends to protect. A sensitivity marked, which translates into immeasurable affection towards those close to him and the lack of exposure of one’s feelings, often with the modesty of those who do not want to express too much. This is how after the death of Daniele Gueriniyoung promise of the Lazio Primavera tragically died in a car accident last year with whom Matteo had shared his experience in the Roma youth teams for a few years and then in the National team, the Verona forward ended up in a deafening silenceinterrupted only by a post published on Instagram, where to avoid highlighting aspects of his private life too much. “The world fell on me and still maybe I haven’t quite realized. – Cancellieri had written -. Come a brother for megrown up together at each other’s house always laughing, joking and playing football, I remember every moment spent with you as it was today, we never stood still but above all we were never without a smile. Many, perhaps too many things he gives up to say, but I prefer to keep them just to ourselves. I dedicate everything to you, to you who have always been one of the family. I love you for the soul. ”A pain that I went through and faced thanks to the support of his mother, to whom he is very attached, and the support of his brother who lives in Dubai and his sister actress.
The meeting with the Real players and that thought: “One day I too …”
Now, after the first goal in Serie A, the spotlight has turned on Cancellieri. A player convinced of his own means and focused on his profession, who has fun with the PlayStation, plays with his doggiehe watches English football despite his favorite colleague being Mbappé And does not particularly appreciate the nightlife. A “evening”however, he granted it a few weeks ago to celebrate salvation obtained very early from Verona. With Tamethe partner with whom he has bonded the most and with whom he has the closest relationship like BessaMatteo was in a well-known club in Milan, where suddenly he also crossed paths with some Real Madrid players. That’s when he definitely thought: “One day I too will reach that level …”. The talent is there, the pure mentality. Now there is only one extraordinary football novel to write. The first page is already beautiful.