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Sporting Witness, Sporting Witness, The Panenka penalty

Sporting Witness

Sporting Witness

The Panenka penalty

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June 24, 2021

10 minutes

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In June 1976, Czechoslovakia won the men’s European football championship with probably the most famous penalty kick in history. During a penalty shootout against West , midfielder Antonín Panenka waited for the goalkeeper to dive and then casually chipped the ball down the middle of the goal. The technique is now known as a “Panenka” and has been copied by everyone from Zinedine Zidane to Leo Messi. Antonín Panenka talks to Ian Williams.