As you hear time and again, when they go in, you look like a genius. When they don't, well, there is not much worse than a fluffed Panenka.
Morocco's Brahim Diaz found that out during Sunday night's Africa Cup of Nations final when his tame effort was scooped up by an unmoved Edouard Mendy in the Senegal goal.
Named after Antonin Panenka, the Czech player who first executed the skill in the 1976 European Championship final, it's a technique that has grown in popularity over the years.
However, with the
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