The film also recalls the tense anthems, Zidane’s shoulder injury on 80 minutes, a superb Buffon save and David Trezeguet’s ...

Zinédine Zidane’s famous “Panenka” in the 2006 FIFA World Cup final remains one of the most iconic moments in football history. Nearly twenty years after that legendary move, the former French ...

The Panenka penalty involves chipping the ball delicately into the center of the goal, anticipating that the goalkeeper will dive to either side. The move is as much about psychology as it is about ...

Prague (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Andrea Pirlo have all done it: instead of blasting a penalty kick into the net, they fool the diving keeper by chipping the ball into the middle ...

Every now and again, a player or team will try something so revolutionary that their name becomes synonymous with the act. Athletics has its Fosbury Flop, rugby union the Garryowen. Football has the ...

GOAL takes a look at the history of a move that has revolutionised the way that spot kicks are taken since coming to prominence in 1976 The Panenka is an ingenious but simple way of taking a penalty ...

GOAL takes a look at the history of a move that has revolutionised the way that spot kicks are taken since coming to prominence in 1976 The Panenka is an ingenious but simple way of taking a penalty ...

Prague (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Andrea Pirlo have all done it: instead of blasting a penalty kick into the net, they fool the diving keeper by chipping the ball into the middle ...

In the quarterfinals of the 2012 European Championships, after 120 minutes of scoreless play and Italy down 2-1 entering the third round of penalties, Azzurri legend Andrea Pirlo stepped to the spot ...

Ahead of France and Portugal's clash in the Euro 2016 final, take a look at the five best finals in tournament history. There's only one more game left to play in Euro 2016, so what kind of final can ...