On this Day 1976: The Panenka was Born

Truly outstanding effort and rightly heralded as genius. Could easily have gone wrong and he’d have been infamous forever.
 
What a treat on a normally drab Sunday night with school the next day. Live football which went to extra time and penalties.
 
In terms of skills being named after a player it is up there with the Cruyff turn and the Ejaria spin.
 
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Have any of our players done this in a competitive game? Or a friendly?
 
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