WHATS PENANKA PENALTY? This is a form of penalty shootout named after a Czech former footballer called Antonin Panenka. In the 1976, European Championship; Czechoslovakia reached the final, where they faced West Germany. After extra time, the result was 2–2, and so the first penalty shootout in a European Championships final ensued. The first seven kicks were converted, until West Germanys fourth penalty taker, Uli Hoeneß , ballooned his shot over the bar. With the score 4–3, Panenka stepped up to take the fifth Czechoslovakian penalty, to win the match under immense pressure. He feigned shooting to the side of the goal, causing German goalkeeper Sepp Maier dive to his left, and then gently chipped the ball into the middle of the net. This become of the famous PENANKA PENALTY. The Panenka penalty has since BEEN successfully duplicated by Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 World Cup Final ,SEBASTIÁN Abreu in the 2010 World Cup,BOTH Andrea Pirlo and Sergio Ramos at UEFA Euro 2012 , Hélder Postiga at UEFA Euro 2004 and Francesco Totti at UEFA EURO 2000 . A few who have tried unsuccessfully have been Neymar ,Mickaël Landreau, Antonio Calle, Rogerio Ceni , Maicosuel , Marko Devic, GRAHAM Zusi , Andrea Pirlo , Robin van Persie , Svetoslav Dyakov and Alexandre Pato. Even to this day, many FOOTBALL commentators are amazed at how PANENKA managed to hold his nerve to take a shot like that, especially as he would have looked extremely silly had the keeper not dived. Pelé said it could be attempted by either a genius or a madman. Now you know.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 12:29:40 +0000
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