Panenka

panenka English + (penalty kick) Alternative forms en panenka en panenka kick Etymology en Antonín Panenka Czech football player who scored a softly-struck chipped penalty kick down the middle of the goal to win the penalty shootout in the UEFA Euro 1976 Final. Pronunciation en /pəˈnɛnkə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Panenka.wav Southern England Noun en soccer A softly-struck chipped penalty kick into the middle of the goal. en Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France Laurent Dubois 2010 Amazingly, in the most important football competition in the world, he had scored a penalty kick in the most risky and theatrical way possible, with what is called a panenka, after Antonín Panenka, a Czech footballer who in 1976 scored a vital penalty kick by chipping the ball over the goalkeeper into the center of the net. https://books.google.com/books?id=0tyBmBcbZIMC&lpg=PT16&dq=%22a%20Panenka%22%20%22football%22&pg=PT16#v=onepage&q=%22a%20Panenka%22%20%22football%22&f=false en Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty Kick Ben Lyttleton 2015 Up stepped Pirlo, who coolly took a Panenka as Hart dived to his right. https://books.google.com/books?id=68PsBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT47&dq=%22a%20Panenka%22&pg=PT47#v=onepage&q=%22a%20Panenka%22&f=false en Adam Hurrey 2015 Best used for penalties that are scored in a tidy, unfussy manner – no impudent Panenkas or short runups welcome here, thanks. Football Clichés: Decoding the Oddball Phrases, Colorful Gestures, and Unwritten Rules of Soccer Across the Pond https://books.google.com/books?id=Sn7MBgAAQBAJ&lpg=PT22&dq=%22Panenkas%22&pg=PT22#v=onepage&q=%22Panenkas%22&f=false en https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/nov/07/west-ham-sheffield-united-premier-league-match-report The Guardian London Paul MacInnes 2020 Nov 7 Soucek's late strike earns West Ham win as Lookman fluffs Fulham penalty He chipped a Panenka that was so bad it barely had enough power to bounce off the chest of Lukasz Fabianski. Derived terms en Brahimka Translations Dutch: nl panenka c Spanish: es penalti a lo Panenka m en eponyms Czech Etymology From cs panenka. Pronunciation Proper noun m-an Panenková cs m Declension m.an.surname Further reading