The famous Johan Cruyff penalty for Ajax in 1982. Instead of shooting at goal like anyone else, Cruyff passed the ball to teammate Jesper Olsen who then drew the keeper out before sliding the ball to Cruyff to pass into an empty net.

It’s hard to find many penalty shoot-outs more dramatic than this one, if you’re a Wolves fan anyway, but the real highlight is the totally unstoppable effort from Kevin Pressman.

Take note Thierry Henry, this is how to be honest and show a bit of sportsmanship. This is Costin Lazar of Rapid Bucureşti refusing to take a penalty because he didn’t believe the defender had actually fouled him.

When the Grobbelaar spaghetti legs just won’t do, try some cartwheeling instead. Just make sure you save.

On a second look it was clear that the ball wasn’t on the penalty spot when he took it.

Penalty. Keeper saves.  Scramble for the rebound and another penalty is given. Surely the keeper can’t save two within a minute?

Here is Icelandic keeper Arni Gautur Arason earning his man of the match award for Odd Grenland in the game between Odd and Brann in the Norwegian first division. 3-1 at the end to Odd Grenland.

The description on YouTube says this is the final of something called the SPAC 2007 between Peru and Argentina. I’ve no idea what the competition is but google suggests it might be the “Scunthorpe Pisces Angling Club“.  Whatever, I just hope this was the winning penalty for Peru.

In the 1976 European Championships Czechoslovakia had reached the final and drawn 2-2 with West Germany after extra time. The first penalty shootout in a European Championship final ensued where every penalty was scored until Germany’s fourth penalty taker, Uli Hoeneß skyed his effort over the bar.

So with the score at 4-3 and tasked with taking the decisive penalty for Czechoslovakia what would you do? If you listen to most pros they will always say pick your spot and stick to it… remember the ones you practiced in training? Just do the same.

But with unbelievable composure, the deftest of touches and the most audacious sleight of feet Antonín Panenka became known not just as a footballer but as a poet.