Euros legends: Antonin Panenka writes his name into folklore in '76

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The Ali Shuffle. The Cruyff Turn. The Panenka Penalty. It takes eye-popping chutzpah to immortalise yourself in history’s sporting lexicon, let alone at the biggest moment in your career – but Antonin Panenka had it.

Panenka was a very 1970s midfielder. If he had been English, he’d probably have been grudgingly awarded a couple of caps and featured in one of those £1 DVDs called Mavericks alongside the late, great Frank Worthington. Czechoslovakia, however, made better use of those gifts, and they knocked out England to qualify for the four-team finals of Euro 76.

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