▁as ▁the ▁team ' s ▁third ▁goal keeper ▁behind ▁F ior ent ina ' s ▁Giovanni ▁Gal li ▁and ▁Roma ' s ▁Franco ▁Tan cre di , ▁his ▁name ▁was ▁taken ▁in ▁consideration ▁by ▁Bear z ot ▁before ▁the ▁match ▁against ▁the ▁Michel ▁Plat ini - led ▁France ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁poor ▁performances ▁of ▁Gal li ▁( who , ▁in ▁the ▁end , ▁also ▁played ▁against ▁France ). ▁ ▁Z eng a ▁became ▁the ▁Italian ▁national ▁side ' s ▁starting ▁goal keeper ▁under ▁manager ▁Az eg lio ▁Vic ini , ▁ahead ▁of ▁his ▁perce ived ▁career ▁rival , ▁Stef ano ▁T ac con i . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁UEFA ▁European ▁Championships , ▁Z eng a ▁played ▁all ▁four ▁of ▁Italy ' s ▁matches ▁( a ▁ 1 – 1 ▁draw ▁against ▁West ▁Germany , ▁a ▁ 1 – 0 ▁victory ▁over ▁Spain , ▁and ▁a ▁ 2 – 0 ▁win ▁over ▁Den mark ▁in ▁the ▁group ▁stage ▁matches , ▁and ▁a ▁ 0 – 2 ▁loss ▁against ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁in ▁the ▁semi - final ). ▁Here ▁again ▁Z eng a ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁controvers y : ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁match ▁against ▁West ▁Germany ▁he ▁conced ed ▁a ▁free ▁kick ▁inside ▁the ▁penalty ▁area ▁due ▁to ▁having ▁made ▁too ▁many ▁steps ▁while ▁carrying ▁the ▁ball ▁in ▁his ▁hands ▁( an ▁in fr ing ement ▁rarely ▁pen al ised ). ▁Andreas ▁Bre h me , ▁who ▁would ▁become ▁Z eng a ' s ▁team mate ▁at ▁Inter ▁only