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Focus on the 1976 UEFA European Championship

Sunday, September 1, 2013

The name of Antonín Panenka entered the football consciousness after chipping in perhaps the most famous penalty in the game's history to claim the title for Czechoslovakia.

Focus on the 1976 UEFA European Championship
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