The Columbian made a mistake right on his debut in Ghencea, but he brought Hagi in Champions League, then he was sometimes angel, sometimes demon in this season
The minutes 78 and 85 from the match Steaua - Iaşi. Zapata defends incredibly two balls and he brings Steaua in the struggle for the title. The minute 88 of the match Argeş - Steaua. Zapata makes an incredible mistake with an easy ball and shatters the hopes of Steaua’s fans in the struggle for the title.
After only 6 days, the Columbian goalkeeper presented his entire evolution during august 2007 - march 2009. Angel and demon. Saver and grave digger. Applauded and sworn by the supporters in the stands. Remarked and accused by Becali.
The voice of the person who executed him on friday
"Zapata shouldn’t be criticized because that was a very difficult ball. It came straight in his chest. He demonstrated that he is an appreciated goalkeeper in the other matches played by Steaua, when he saved the team from being defeated. I made a mistake, too when I made a penalty, but Boşneag defeated, and then I scored and people forgot my mistake"
Elias Bazzi, midfielder at FC Argeş
The voice of the adversaries in the championship
"I told the players before the match from Mediaş to be careful at the phases like that made by Zapata at Piteşti, when he wasn’t the only one guilty, but also the defenders, who didn’t follow the ball rejected and they didn’t protect him at all"
Dan Petrescu, the coach from Unirea Urziceni
The voice of the former glories
"Don’t hurry up to criticize Zapata! We all know how many good matches made the Columbian. This means that he has value. But the problem is other. There is nobody to train him. Andrei Speriatu, the one who trains the goalkeepers, has no idea about what this job means. If Zapata is trained with the same methods, he will become a nameless goalkeeper, he will be lost on the ways"
Ion Voinescu
"Zapata makes some basic mistakes. I cannot understand why he comes out with the chest in front in this kind of shots. The body must be a little bit crooked, so that the ball cannot bounce on the adversary. Anyway, Steaua doesn’t have a better solution for the post of goalkeeper"
Rică Răducanu
The voice of his colleagues
"Let’s not blame only one player. We are a team when we win, and we are a team when we loose: we all are to be blamed"
Dorin Goian
The voice of the coach
"The mistakes of the goalkeeper are always seen on the scoreboard and in the classification, this is the drama of the person who chooses to become a goalkeeper"
Marius Lăcătuş
The voice of the sponsor
"You cannot win the title with a goalkeeper like Zapata. This is the difference between us and Dinamo. They have Lobonţ, who would have defended that ball from Piteşti with one hand"
Gigi Becali
White balls
1. He played in 92 % of the official matches of Steaua, which means 70 matches from 76, during July 2007 - march 2009
2. 43% of the matches in which he played at Steaua, i.e. 30 matches from 70, finished with no goal received by the team from Ghencea
3. 75% of the matches in which he played at Steaua, i.e. 53 matches from 70, finished with no defeat for Steaua
Black balls
1. In this championship, he made mistakes in 5 matches, when Steaua lost 10 points
2. He has an average of his marks in this season from League 1 of 5,65, only 3 goalkeepers being behind him: Vlas (5,63), Tătăruşanu (5,55) and Brăneţ (5,40)
3. He lost the national team of Columbia; his last convocation was more than half a year ago
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