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On the spot: 50 of the most famous – and infamous – Panenka penalties of all time

The Guardian Football about 2 hours 1 mins read

The 50th anniversary is the perfect time to remember 50 of the most famous – and infamous – attempts at the Czech’s chip

It is 50 years since Antonin Panenka won the European Championship for Czechoslovakia with the most audacious penalty ever taken. His signature chip wasn’t instantly eponymous. A search of the British newspaper archives shows that it was barely mentioned until Francesco Totti dusted it off for the internet generation at Euro 2000.

It was at least another decade before Panenka was commonly used as a noun, and it did not have its own Wikipedia page until 2014, but in 2026 every football fan has an idea of what it means. The 50th anniversary is the perfect time to remember 50 of the most famous – and infamous – attempts.

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