panenka

plural panenkas

1. alternativeAlternative form of Panenka.

plural Panenkas · alternative panenka · alternative panenka kick

1. ball gamesA softly-struck chipped penalty kick into the middle of the goal.

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

   2015, Ben Lyttleton, Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty Kick

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   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.

   2010, Laurent Dubois, Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France

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

   2015, Adam Hurrey, Football Clichés: Decoding the Oddball Phrases, Colorful Gestures, and Unwritten Rules of Soccer Across the Pond

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

   2020 November 7, Paul MacInnes, “Soucek's late strike earns West Ham win as Lookman fluffs Fulham penalty”, in The Guardian, London