Top Ten: Best European Championship Finals Matches Ever Played

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9. Czechoslovakia 2-2 West Germany – 1976 Final

The fifth European Championship’s in Yugoslavia saw World Champions West Germany up against Czechoslovakia, in a match that saw perhaps the most memorable penalty kick in footballing history. West Germany recovered from being two down, with Bernd Holzenbein’s 89th minute equalizer sending the final into extra time and then penalties. The Germans missed their fourth penalty, meaning Czechoslovakia were winners if Antonin Panenka scored. The cheekiest, deftest of chipped penalties won it, inspiring a seven-year-old Paulo Di Canio to repeat the trick ever since.

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