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85 - IF

4.5

Zapata

By FalcaoIsGoat, 14-01-2021

Played 30 matches with this card all in div 3 rivals. If you have the coins, buy Muriel RTTF, but overall Zapata is a good budget striker. I played him LS in a 4-1-2-1-2 narrow, with him on stay central and mixed attack, and Falcao on stay central get in behind. Do not put any instruction other than stay central on this card. He, when on any other instructions, will do nothing and stand in between the opponent Varane and Gomez. On stay central mixed attack, him and Falcao played very well and balanced each other out. If he checked to, Falcao made a run, if Falcao checked to, Zapata made a run. One thing about Zapata is he is one of the few cards on fifa that actually use their high strength stat. which is sometimes very useful. Quite a few times he has knocked Varane off the ball because of Varane's low balance. DO NOT use engine on this card, his dribbling will feel the same no matter what chem style you put on him. I use a hunter on him, but a catalyst may suit him better, because his passing is not great. He is actually very good at short passes, and long switches, but his through balls look about as smooth as a sumo wrestler trying to do ballet, and usually go out of bounds. A couple times I brought Malen or Robben on for Falcao just to see what he would play like with a super pacey striker, and he does well playing off of them.

Overall this is a fun card, and don't say he is bad before you try him. In the 7 games I played against CR7, he had 8 goals Ronaldo had 4, and Zapata had 5 assists, whereas Ronaldo had 0. If you can afford Muriel, who is only 35k more ATM, do it. That man is broken.

Sprint Speed, Varane cannot catch a Zapata in full-force.
Strength, This man rapes little CBs like Kounde, because he is similar pace, with much more physicality.
Finishing, Great finishing on both feet.
Shot Power, He knocked a goal over once.
Ball Control/Tight Space Dribbling, Great dribbling as long as you are not sprinting, He always seems to come out of the huddle with the ball.
Headers, Good height, jumping, and heading acc.
Short Pass, Rarely gives away posession when he shouldn't.
Weak Foot, 4* WF, but it feels when passing or shooting like 5*
Links, A growing selection of Atalanta players, as well as the ability to link Falcao, Cuadrado, and Tello. Maybe a Luis Diaz FFS or Moments card.

Through Passes, never go to the right person, and even if it does, he will mess it up somehow.
Acceleration, Only bad with a defender near him, he accelerates quickly when played through.
Lack of Versatility, He can only play ST.
Skill Moves, The only skill move he can do well is a maradona, because he is so big and powerful the defender cannot stop it.

Formation: 41212-2

Position: ST

Games: 30

GPG: 0.93

APG: 0.67

4.5

Overall

5.0

Value

4.0

3.0

Stamina

Pace (8/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (7/10)

Dribbling (8/10)

Defending (4/10)

Physicality (10/10)

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