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Matteo Cancellieri’s first brace in Serie A was cancelled out by Ché Adam and Saul Coco’s goals, but Danilo Cataldi’s penalty kick at minute 103 allowed Lazio to avoid defeat.

Lazio were held to a 3-3 draw by strugglers Torino at the Stadio Olimpico today.

The Biancocelesti were in full crisis mode, with eight players unavailable, including the suspended Matteo Guendouzi and the injured Adam Marusic, Nicolò Rovella, Oluwafisayo Faruq Dele-Bashiru and Mattia Zaccagni.

The latter was officially ruled out on the morning of the game and will miss the upcoming games with the Italian national team as well.

Torino took the lead early in the first half with Giovanni Simeone, who had already scored at the Olimpico a few weeks ago in the Granata’s 1-0 win over Roma.

Ivan Provedel touched the ball from a Marcus Pedersen cross from the right, but sent it on Simeone’s feet, making it easy for the Argentine to score with an empty goal.

Lazio quickly replied with two Cancellieri goals in the space of 16 minutes.

The Italian has already equalled the number of goals scored in 2024-25, three.

The first goal came from a counter-attack, seconds after a crucial Provedel save to deny Cyril Ngonge.

Cancellieri outsprinted Lazaro down the left, cut inside and beat Israel with a left-foot finish from the edge of the box.

The second one came in a similar fashion, with Cancellieri beating Lazaro down the left and finding the net after a flick inside the box.

The Granata reacted strongly in the second half as they kept the ball with confidence and didn’t concede big chances to the home side.

Marco Baroni’s substitutions worked out as well as two of the replacements, Niels Nkounkou and Ché Adams, wrapped up the equaliser at minute 73, with the Scotsman scoring his first season goal.

Chaos in final minutes of Lazio-Torino

Torino continued to push, Adams earned a corner kick in the stoppages, which Saul Coco converted in the Granata’s lead with a towering header.

The game resumed with less than a minute remaining, but Coco caused a blatant penalty kick seconds after giving their teammates the lead. Referee Marco Piccinini initially didn’t see the foul on Tijjani Noslin, infuriating Lazio players. A big fight broke out with two Biancocelesti falling and covering their faces in pain.

Staff members of both sides had to intervene to calm the waters, and Piccinini needed an on-field VAR review to spot the penalty kick for Lazio and give a yellow card to Guillermo Maripan, who had hit Valentin Castellanos with his shoulder.

Danilo Cataldi took the first penalty kick in his career at minute 103, and his goal was the last touch in a crazy game.

04-10-2025 14:00 MatchDay 6 Stadio Olimpico

Torino 3 - 3

Player statistic

1st half
    16' Giovanni Simeone
Matteo Cancellieri (Assist: Pedro) 24'    
    32' Kristjan Asllani
Matteo Cancellieri (Assist: Toma Basic) 40'    
2nd half
Alessio Romagnoli 47'    
    60' Cesare Casadei
    73' Ché Adams (Assist: Niels Nkounkou)
Danilo Cataldi 87'    
Danilo Cataldi

90+13'     Taty Castellanos 90+6'         90+12'

Guillermo Maripán     90+3'
Saúl Coco (Assist: Adam Masina)

Match statistic

49 Possession % 51 9 Total shots 16 4 Shots on target 8 3 Shots off target 7 2 Blocked shots 1 3 Corners 5 1 Offsides 1 13 Fouls 22 Lazio Torino

Starting lineups

94
Ivan Provedel Goalkeeper 13
Alessio Romagnoli Defender 23
Elseid Hysaj Defender 34 Mario Gila Defender 17
Nuno Tavares Defender 90' 32
Danilo Cataldi Midfielder 26
Toma Basic Midfielder 67' 19
Boulaye Dia Attacker 81' 22 Matteo Cancellieri Attacker 9
Pedro Attacker 67' 11
Taty Castellanos Attacker 81 Franco Israel Goalkeeper 13
Guillermo Maripán Defender 16
Marcus Pedersen Defender 78' 23 Saúl Coco Defender 20
Valentino Lazaro Defender 63' 61
Adrien Tameze Midfielder 70' 22
Cesare Casadei Midfielder 32 Kristjan Asllani Midfielder 10
Nikola Vlasic Midfielder 70' 26
Cyril Ngonge Attacker 18
Giovanni Simeone Attacker

79'

Substitutes

4
Patric Defender 55
Alessio Furlanetto Goalkeeper 35
Christos Mandas Goalkeeper 25 Oliver Provstgaard Defender 66 Pietro Pinelli Midfielder 71 Valerio Farcomeni Midfielder 18
Gustav Isaksen Attacker 67' 21 Reda Belahyane Midfielder 67' 14 Tijjani Noslin Attacker 81' 29
Manuel Lazzari Defender 90' 34
Cristiano Biraghi Defender 91
Duván Zapata Attacker 8
Ivan Ilić Midfielder 1 Alberto Paleari Goalkeeper 7
Zakaria Aboukhlal Midfielder 6 Emirhan Ilkhan Midfielder 71 Mihai Popa Goalkeeper 92 Alieu Njie Attacker Niels Nkounkou Defender 63' 19
Ché Adams Attacker 70' 5
Adam Masina Defender 70' 21 Ali Dembélé Defender 78' 66
Gvidas Gineitis Midfielder

79'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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