Panenka | How one man's genius changed penalties forever

As part of our ‘Story of the UEFA European Championships’ series in association with Heineken - official beer partner of UEFA Euro 2020 - Enda Coll looks at the story of Antonin Panenka, who changed penalties forever at the 1976 European Championship.
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[@SA-ff9uc]

Surely they could have guessed by his name what he was going to do.

[@mychannel3774]

🤦‍♂️ 😂😂

[@Bibou592]

😂

[@sabelomabaso5848]

😂😂😂

[@blackwhite2361]

😂😂😂

[@mtzmechengr5781]

Lol

[@lolkevandewitte1713]

I still remember the Panenka penalty. It gave me and my Dutch friends so much joy to see Mayer diving away while the ball floated over him. Thank you, Mr. Panenka!

[@djangooh3479]

Maier. It's Sepp Maier. Just sayin...

[@lolkevandewitte1713]

@@djangooh3479ah, but eventhough you figured out who it concerned…

[@riki2657]

😂

[@shravana108]

Precies!

[@andrekoerber7334]

His free kicks and passes were breathtaking, too.

[@davesufci1929]

Yeah..... for me Juninho and Panenka are the best free kick shooters of all time..... Anybody not even a close to them.

[@kimpop6701]

Panenka was not only famous for his penalties, he was also the best free kicker in history. He even scored a direct Corner during his time in Austria.

[@ickatabg]

Juninho is the best free kick taker

[@MadderMel]

Zico ! He's the best free kick taker !

[@Gerard_2024]

@@ickatabg How exactly do you back up that claim ?

[@TheDexi256]

​@@Gerard_2024By simply watching his free kicks and looking up the stats?

[@BoereViking]

​@@Gerard_2024by paying attention #

[@noelpucarua2843]

I had the pleasure of playing with Panenka. And with Pavel Landovsky !

[@siliyemoodislam]

And I have pleasure playing with my best friend sister.

[@noelpucarua2843]

@@siliyemoodislam That sounds like a totally different thing.

[@8traceur90]

Who are you?

[@frankgradus9474]

Great.

[@jacksimone1677]

@@siliyemoodislamYour best friend is your sister and you enjoy playing with her? OK.

[@Ignite2Transform]

Here because of Haikimi Morocco vs Spain

[@DavidBrocekArt]

Imagine how embarrassing it would be for him if he missed. Everyone would say "omg why did you kick it like an idiot!"

[@tombyrd69]

Great story. I didn’t know the history. Love that Zidane emulated him.

[@sasukeone5795]

Im here because of Hakimis Penalty against Spain, World Cup 2022

[@colinbaker3916]

In England, we never saw the Czechs as outsiders. They eliminated England in the qualifiers, and had brilliant players like Marian Masny and Anton Ondrusz.

[@tiax0340]

Both are Slovakian btw but yeah we were 1 country back then

[@colinbaker3916]

@jooohan I have a pretty good basic grasp of a few languages, and I can sing the beautiful Czech anthem. I know barely any Czech, so I think a slight spelling mistake of the name of a player from nearly 50 years ago is forgivable. As it is, I struggle to type my own name correctly.

[@colinbaker3916]

@jooohan Central European geopolitics isn’t my strong point either, though I know a bit about historical German and Soviet imperialism, including 1968, and events in former Yugoslavia. However, I was commenting about football.

[@paulharper3235]

We beat them 3-0 in the qualifiers

[@colinbaker3916]

@@paulharper3235 Two draws against Portugal and a 2-1 defeat in Bratislava meant we didn’t qualify.

[@harleyb7880]

I'm here now because benzema did it against Manchester city 🤣👍

[@NickErr_]

I watched this after Agüero missed, what could have been his last goal for Man City, it was a PK & he try doing Panenka Style lol

[@Joerap121]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3u9h2Onh5agq7s

[@rwiiima]

I’m here because Hakimi did it against Spain in the World Cup 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@hassoz7352]

😍😍😍

[@Joerap121]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3u9h2Onh5agq7s

[@Khalilfoulani]

Same thing

[@olartio2185]

Incredibile that his parents knew he would score a penalty with the panenka shot, so they namend him like that

[@Vanguardkl]

I just learnt that more players on that team were from Slovakia and less from Czechia. But the records are given to Czechia after the breakup of Czechoslovakia

[@Stepanvanek966]

The credits should be and actually are same for both. One country one trophy. For example in other tournaments where Czechoslovakia was succesful (1934, 1962 WC final or others) mostly there were more players originated from Czech part. The reason why someone might feel like credits from Czechoslovakia (in overall, we still have the flag for ex.) was shifted on Czech republic is that Czechs were leading the Independence movement and were most industrialized and developed from the new country. Slovaks were too small and political weak to have their own independence already in 1918. But it is complicated history and I think the realtionship is very good now between us.

[@phoenixaroui8712]

You are right !!! Let's just start a another war for that

[@Stepanvanek966]

@@phoenixaroui8712 😆 No.

[@lajos-berenyi]

It was interesting to hear in the video, that in this 1976 team the relationship between the Czech and Slovakian players was very good, what was unusual. He said it, because - not only in football - the Czechs usually considered Slovakian as inferior to them. That's why Czechoslovakia divided at the end to Czech and Slovakia. But this 1976 win should go equally to both nations.

[@kel9855]

Keep in mind that the key players on that Euro-winning team, Zdenek Nehoda, Panenka himself and Ivo Viktor are Czechs, for what it's worth. Viktor ended up as #3 in that year's Ballon d'Or.

[@miguel-angel8997]

Im here on 12-6-22 because of ACHRAF HAKIMI. 🇲🇦

[@KingKuba1313]

Wasn't even a good one.

[@Khalilfoulani]

Perfecto with the dance of celebration 🐧👑

[@bredbrain9223]

You had never seen a Panenka Penalty before?

[@Sigma1_969]

Easily one of the greatest moments in football history.. look at the world back then, we had countries that don't even exist today.

[@krabs18]

We have more countries now that didn’t exist back then

[@Sigma1_969]

@@krabs18 crazy isn't it.

[@david-xg4hb]

Plot twist, it was a genuine miss kick followed by the greatest cover story 😂

[@yowanowich]

The tournament was not held behind the Iron Curtain as Yugoslavia was not a communist country but rather non-aligned with either of the blocks, Western or Soviet.

[@victorfergn]

It was a communist country but it wasn't part of the Warsaw Pact, Albania too

[@yowanowich]

@@victorfergn it was mainly socialist, as the full name itself suggests - Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, though ruled by the communist party in name, not nature.

[@laughingbeast4481]

@@yowanowich Czechoslovakia was the same - socialist by name.

[@The2ndDogma]

I'm here because Spain just won the 2022-23 Euro Nations League on a Panenka penalty.

[@hirte777]

I’m here because just today I learned what a Panenka is.

[@AndreiBerezin]

Congrats dude, next time make sure you don't assume all dogs are named after Snoop Dogg

[@MarioEJaime]

Uruguayan Abreu did a penalty kick exactly like Panenka. thank you for enlighten me who did it first

[@MrJekyllDrHyde1]

The whole video was about 3 second of action ..and the video barely included a good clip of the goal !

[@martinciprys1204]

don't take the '30 years in mine' seriously

[@eddyklazar9803]

Man given to what happened to Czechoslovakia pilots after returning home from GB in communist Czechoslovakia… I think 30 years in mine was not far from truth… especially since this was Imperialist West Germany :D

[@doposud]

Panenka actually said that he would be probably working next 30 years with steel , not in mines .... but yes later he aquired information that if that shot wouldn't be a goal that regime at that time would see it as some kind of protest againts it and would punish Panenka somehow... also his roomate did not let him into their room untill 6am after he shot it becose how mad he was at Panenka even thou it was a goal , but Panenka was away celebrating anyway :D

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

My Great-Uncle also has a penalty kick named after him. Uncle Sky never won a trophy though.

[@rogerblu7769]

?

[@GoodLookingGentlemen]

​@@rogerblu7769the ball went over your head...and the jokes too

[@PandaFan2443]

​@@rogerblu7769 "sky" is a term often used for kicking a penalty shot way over the crossbar. Like sending the ball to the sky.

@@GoodLookingGentlemen What joke? Whose uncle is named Sky? Bad joke and a bad comment by you

Whose uncle is named Sky? Please don't become a comedy writer

[@1m1r0z]

Yugoslavia wasn't "behind the iron curtain"

[@scooby196I]

so why did Churchill say 'From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent' ?

[@1m1r0z]

@@scooby196I ask Churchill. Perhaps he conveniently forgot he used agent Tito in the fight against USSR influence. Perhaps your knowledge of history is limited? There's this thingy called "non aligned countries" movement, for instance

[@dragan2170]

Panenka, mr Penalty!❤🎉🎯🥇

[@philharrison5242]

Antonín Panenka- Immortal

[@kevinwhelan9607]

This was excellent. I loved Sepp Mair and his giant gloves.

[@peligrosoyaventado2654]

I’m here because I remember Loco Abreu against South Africa 2010 !!

[@MiNeroblu]

My favorite player Abreu. He had almost the same haircut as me :D

[@FitzElda]

He also took a penalty in the 3rd place epic 10-9 penalty shootout at Europa 80, that time it was a more conventional strike

[@Anythinggoes-1999]

Just got back this week from a holiday in Czech Republic (visiting a long lost friend) and while in the village for a meal was overwhelmed when Panenka came in and I managed to get his Autograph and picture taken with him. I can tell you it made my holiday unbelievable 😁 ⚽️

[@bipolarminddroppings]

To think it took well over 100 years before anyone thought to hit a soft penalty down the middle...

[@David-cm4ok]

I bet it didn’t 😊You know some dude had done it already.

[@stevanpopovic2765]

Yugoslavia were not part of iron curtain. They had split from the soviet bloc.

[@marabaggbast]

Totti did it too, against the Netherlands in Euro 2000 semi final

[@Peran12]

I'm here in 2024 because Messi tried the Panenka against Ecuador in the Copa America

[@gencimeraj2115]

He won chocolate for life!!! 🤣

[@keepcalmandenjoythedecline]

You forgot to show the penalty.

[@eXpressYourselfClips]

I love a good history lesson 😊

[@diegoragot655]

Let's see how the Future unfold for the Bosnian National team and Czechia

[@andrekoerber7334]

I wonder why that team did not qualify for the 78 WC!!!.....because in 1980 they were good again, winning the EURO bronce medal and becoming Olympic Champion. By the way, 80 % of the players were Slovaks!!

[@vijayiyer8518]

Sometimes teams that win a trophy get overconfident in the qualifying campaign for the next major tournament. Maybe that's what happened

[@truthseeker5286]

I’m here because el loco Abreu did this to win the match for Uruguay against Ghana in 2010

[@DawidStarzykiewicz]

Lol, I had to watch another video to see the actual Panenka's goal...

[@omare7475]

it's at 4:29

[@DawidStarzykiewicz]

@@omare7475 With 2 frames per second? Sorry, even brothers Lumiere could provide better quality :)

[@Heni-rq2pe]

The crazy thing is that actually not Panenka but the Slovak players won the tournament. They were the majority of the team and scored almost all of the goals. Panenka scored this genius penalty and deserves credit for this, but not more. Now, this championship title counts for the checks, not for Slovaks. The Czechs have always managed to take credit for successful things that happened in Czechoslovakia, the Slovak were responsible for the failures. There are several other examples in sports for this, like the three world championships in ice hockey in the 70s thanks to the Stastny brothers, who were Slovak. The Czechs also managed to steal the common Czechoslovak flag and use it today as their own. But the original check flag looks like the Polish one, with the Czech lion on it. This shows that the Czechs are very inventive and courageous and cross sometimes the borders. In sports it’s genius, in real life it is sometimes annoying. Panenka himself, however, remained always a fair man.

[@carlgauss6383]

I m here because youtube wants me to learn paneka although I m a chess player

[@cvoque]

...you never know

[@brinta2868]

I'm a serial killer, so I'm even more confused about this recommendation.

[@JuGGerNauTT32]

Well he did think outside the box with a move that did not yet exist... and won the game ;) ... so it's food for thought.

[@danielsulyok7974]

The maps you show are clearly post '89, no east Germany, no USSR, no CSSR, etc.

[@darganx]

Panenka effectively ended the German dominence of the early-mid 70s, at club and international level. Bayern didn't win another European Cup until the 90s, and Germany had to wait until 1990 to win the World Cup at the third time of asking.

[@kel9855]

Wrong. West Germany won the next European Championship again, in 1980. So they made three finals in a row with two championships.

[@darganx]

@@kel9855 Yep, you're right they won in 1980, thought it was too long without Germany wiinning anything!

[@blagojsamardjiski1105]

,,taking place behind the iron curtain, in Yugoslavia'' - wow, how wrong is this statement, Yugoslavia was definitely not behind the iron curtain

[@markisaac3550]

Amazing

[@Lord1001]

I'm here because Messi just missed one against Ecuador in Copa America

[@rotierender_lurch]

Give him another Ballon D'Or!

[@eXpressYourselfClips]

Brilliant

[@annoyingbstard9407]

This had been done for years.

[@Zein667]

Hakimi in world cup 2022 against spain

[@yuri_nazarenko]

The worst and the most dangerous technique ever, especially in very important games. I still remember that World Cup final in 2006 between France and Italy when Zidane - my favourite footballer - barely could make it when he decided to use Panenka and almost missed.

[@pavelneuzil6457]

Working 30 years in a mine? Story does not have to be real, but has to be entertaining, yes? The only punishment Paneka would get have he misses, is by himself as he would look like a fool. And his fellow players would comfort him as they knew how he would be feeling.

[@ATG-gc2cy]

Correction: Although it was a communist country, Yugoslavia was not behind The Iron Curtain.

[@BreakfastKids]

i’m here because the GOAT used this kick zlatan

[@fredcapp40]

A load of waffling when all we want to see is his actual penalty

[@theclique771]

Hakimi 👏🏻😎🇲🇦

[@englishjona6458]

Four time ? That’s not a tournament

[@bobboberson2024]

I bet Messi is cursing his name right now.

[@stephenmccollum1391]

Messi tried it tonight in Copa America

[@Koen-m3j]

The semi final against the dutch was a disaster because of the referee. He took very bad discisions.

[@vladtepes97]

After all that build up, they barely show anything of the actual kick ? What a stupid documentary

[@stephent9677]

"Truly unique" as opposed to falsely unique? Unique is unique, there are no degrees of uniqueness. Sorry but this does my head in.

[@SamuelPearlman]

Yeah, but did he head-butt someone in the sternum afterward? I don't think so! :D

[@kurman4749]

Penalty- taking is not rocket science. There are just 5 places to put the football when taking penalties. Top left or right. Bottom left or right, or right down the middle. This was known and practiced many, many years before Panenka's penalty here.

[@squirrelpatrick3670]

By whom?

[@iskate248]

I can't understand a word of this

[@silvatorresart]

Why do i hear Slavoj Zizek?

[@garymcsullea7330]

Actually its logical to kick it straight, how often do goalie's stay put.

[@leewhite2195]

You'd think that keepers would guess middle and stay put about one in 3 or 4 but they nearly always dive.

[@Stravauser]

Jay Buckley from Inbetweeners

[@belleelh6534]

Here because of ACHRAF HAKIMI QATAR 2022🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@gencimeraj2115]

I love the old soviet block... the reward was chocolate LOL... HAHAHAHA... oh the old soviet times!!!

[@samkitty5894]

1) Yugoslavia was not part of the Iron Curtain countries 2) Yugoslavia was not a communist country. It was socialist.

[@gibanica87]

Stupid ignorant youtubers kids will never accept and understand it. Dont waste your time.

[@laughingbeast4481]

As for 2 - same is often argued about other countries aswell. Like Czechoslovakia.

[@SuperReyand]

Yugoslavia was actually a „Socialist“, not communist State.

[@scooby196I]

what's the difference? the USSR was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, not the Union of Soviet Communist Republics.

[@siliyemoodislam]

I had a pleasure to play with my best friend wife.

[@TichaonaChirenje]

And what did you do to her...

[@siliyemoodislam]

@@TichaonaChirenje oh I giggle her feet.

[@partizan4ever84]

“Iron curtain” ? Yugoslavia was more free then many western countries today, It was not part of the east bloc or Warschau pact

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

People should stop calling this thing Panenka it's called an umbrella shot, it has always been called this in Southern Europe decades before Antonin Panenka showed up, it's been done in rural football teams for decades including including attempt it on penalties. He was just the first to do it on a European Level match.

[@something--else]

Pepsi still can't do it

[@adam_p99]

Can we stop calling any football move after someone who did it. This guy taking a penalty kick in an unusual way is kind of acceptable, but my young son called a pass with the outside of the foot as a “ trevella” (I think). I don’t know who that is, but I bet he wasn’t the first person to use the outside of the foot.

[@arthur8042]

trivela isnt a name, it is just the name of the kick in portuguese that got famous worldwide.

[@mitchtheronin1469]

I like that morocco is out

[@tigriscallidus4477]

wow what a disappointment I expected something exciting, something which would require a rules change, but no its just the "idea" of shooting straight

[@garymcsullea7330]

1:09

[@andreiarama8745]

👎 for bo video of rhe actual penalty

[@valevisa8429]

Poorly made documentary.

[@baze3SC]

That last part about Panenka working in the mines sounds like a stereotypical image of an Eastern Bloc country from James Bond. Indeed, there was no political freedom but if you weren't into politics the life in Czechoslovakia was actually quite enjoyable and socially secure. There was no cut-throat capitalist mentality. Athletes were treated like celebrities just like today, except they were paid less. Also, Yugoslavia was never behind the Iron Curtain, they even went to war with Stalin. It's also not correct to describe this European title as a Czech win because most players on that team were Slovaks. Either give credit to both nations or simply use the adjective "Czechoslovakian" instead of "Czech".

[@kel9855]

Sergio Aguero says "hi" kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYeXaH5vebGDnZo

[@keinname629]

Map of kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHeZi3xjrMeBjs0 shows re-united Germany. Surely NOT from 1976!

[@ewantaylor483]

Nonsense , just like the " Cruyff " turn !

[@Rasam3]

Nakonec jste si tam vsunuli antikomunistickou propagandu, co by se stalo, kdyby Panenka nedal penaltu? Nic zvláštního. Lidé by si zanadávali, ale žádné tresty a práce v dolech na 30 let by se nekonali. Nemusíte říkat každou blbost, která vás napadne...

[@DavidBrocekArt]

Imagine how embarrassing it would be for him if he missed. Everyone would say "omg why did you kick it like an idiot!"

[@laughingbeast4481]

No, coz they knew he practised it for some time and they knew beforehand.

[@modalize]

4:30