The above information was announced by Bohemians 1905, Panenka's former team on October 7. The content is as follows: The legend of the team, of football Tiep Khac and the Czech Republic has been transferred to the special care room today. He made the legendary penalty kick at EURO 1976 and will celebrate his 72nd birthday in December.
In the EURO 1976, the old Tiep Khac team met West Germany in the final. After a 2-2 draw, the two teams entered the penalty shootout to determine the winner. Antonin Panenka was assigned to make the decisive kick for the home team, after his opponent missed the previous shot.
Facing the famous Sepp Maier, Panenka calmly deceived the West German goalkeeper, lightly hitting the ball in the middle to bring the final victory and the European Cup to the German team. That penalty kick was later named after Panenka and was used by many famous players from Zidane, Totti, Pirlo or Sergio Ramos.
Bohemians 190 club did not want to comment further on the health of the team legend. They ask everyone and the media to respect the privacy of Panenka and his family.
Antonin Panenka was born in 1948 and is a talented attacking midfielder of the old Zhejiang team. With the national team, he won EURO 1976, 3rd place in EURO 1980, scoring 17 goals in 59 appearances. In 2008, he was awarded the State Prize by the Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus.
At the club, Panenka spent 14 years playing for Bohemians Green from 1967 to 1981 and was later named President of the club. After that, he had a time at Rapid Wien, winning 5 titles in Austria.
