Panenka (penalty kick)

[1] The technique was pioneered by Czech player Antonín Panenka, who scored a decisive penalty in the UEFA Euro 1976 final in Belgrade, when he beat West German goalkeeper Sepp Maier to claim the title for the Czechoslovakian national team.

Due to it being difficult to execute correctly and relatively easy to save for the goalkeeper if anticipated, a panenka has rarely been attempted at professional knock-out tournaments.

Sports journalists have noted that generally only highly regarded players who can deal with the consequences of missing such an attempt, have tried scoring with a panenka at major tournaments.

He feigned shooting to the side of the goal, causing West German goalkeeper Sepp Maier to dive to his left, and then gently chipped the ball into the middle of the net.

In the 2019 A-League Grand Final Perth Glory player Brendon Santalab, who had scored multiple panenkas previously in his career, played his last game as a professional.

[25] On July 4th, 2024, during the 2024 Copa América quarterfinal match between Argentina and Ecuador, Lionel Messi missed the opening kick of the penalty shootout when he attempted a panenka.

The chip fooled the Ecuadorian goalkeeper, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced up and back, finally landing on the top of the net.

A few days later, during the tournament's third-place match between Canada and Uruguay, Alphonso Davies missed the fourth kick of the penalty shootout when he attempted a panenka.