Meaning of panenka | Babel Free

Definitions

A softly-struck chipped penalty kick into the middle of the goal.

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Examples

“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.”

“Up stepped Pirlo, who coolly took a Panenka as Hart dived to his right.”

“Best used for penalties that are scored in a tidy, unfussy manner – no impudent Panenkas or short runups welcome here, thanks.”

“He chipped a Panenka that was so bad it barely had enough power to bounce off the chest of Lukasz Fabianski.”

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