Tag: Panenka
Lionel Messi’s Panenka wins it for PSG after RB Leipzig threaten upset
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It might sound strange, but despite scoring two goals and winning the game for Paris Saint-Germain with an outrageous Panenka, Lionel Messi did not really have a very good game. Still, nobody at a festive Parc des Pri...
Panenka by Rónán Hession review – moments of grace
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Rónán Hession’s first novel, 2019’s Leonard and Hungry Paul, won the word-of-mouth success that small publishers dream of, and it hasn’t stopped rolling yet: shortlisted for half a dozen prizes, it recently made the O...
Was Aguero’s Panenka really a mistake? Analysing the art and science of penalties
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It took two years for Antonín Panenka to perfect the flop-wedge penalty that bears his name. First he practised it against the Bohemians goalkeeper Zdenek Hruska in training shootouts, on which they would stake beer a...