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Antonin Panenka’s famous goal against Germany

#2 Francesco Totti (Italy vs Netherlands), Euro 2000 semi-finals

Totti is famous for his audacity while taking penalties

Francesco Totti used the Panenka to beat Edwin van der Sar in Euro 2000 semi-final penalty shootout, after Italy and Netherlands had played out a goalless draw over 120 minutes. On a terrible day for the Dutch that saw them miss two penalties in regulation time and three in the shootout, Totti rubbed some more salt into their wounds by pulling off a magnificent panenka, which sent Italy into the finals.

Totti attempted many of these penalties throughout his career and missed out on a fair share of them as well, but not in this crunch situation.

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