Lionel Messi led the penalty shootout today during Argentina vs Ecuador after the match ended 1-1. With nerves of steel, the 37-year-old decided to shoot the ball with the Panenka technique.

The panenka penalty — the off-speed chip shot down the middle — is not altogether unusual, but it's not a frequent sight in MLS. But that may have changed, starting in Week 5.

It takes plenty of nerve and skill to convert a Panenka penalty kick at any time. To do it with the score tied and your team’s season on the line requires something special. "He has so much ...

During the penalty shootout in the final of Euro 1976, Czechoslovakia midfielder Antonín Panenka casually chipped the ball down the middle of the goal, after Germany's keeper Sepp Maier dived to ...

Chelsea star Cole Palmer spoke about his decision to try a Panenka penalty against Tottenham. The Blues forward put the ball right through the middle to give his team a fourth goal in an eventual ...

Palmer broke the record with an audacious ‘Panenka’ penalty in the 84th minute, chipping his second effort down the middle of the goal – a technique named after Czech football great Antonin ...

Chelsea defender Axel Disasi has revealed that he knew Cole Palmer would pull off a Panenka penalty against Tottenham in the London derby. “To be honest, I knew he would do this Panenka,” the ...

Shakhtar Donetsk has stayed in contention to advance in the Champions League with the help of Heorhiy Sudakov’s Panenka-style penalty kick in a 2-0 win against upstart Brest Credit: AP Credit ...