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The Guardian - UK · Aug 7

“If I’d missed that penalty, they might have sent me down a mine for 50 years. Instead I became a national hero” Antonin Panenka on the origin of his historic penalty

The former Czechoslovakia international’s spot-kick against West Germany has gone down in history

FourFourTwo · Jul 25

‘That penalty changed my life’: Panenka’s pride 50 years on from special spot-kick

Czech’s audacious defiance of Sepp Maier in Belgrade has slipped into football folklore: ‘The only disadvantage is that I don’t get any royalties from it’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20