Czech football legend Antonín Panenka, 71, in hospital ICU with Covid-19

Football legend Antonín Panenka, 71, is being treated for Covid-19 in a Prague hospital intensive care unit, according to the club Bohemians 1905, of which he is honorary president.

Panenka is famous for his winning penalty in the UEFA Euro 1976 final against Germany in Belgrade, where his softly chipped the ball up the middle of the goal, startling viewers with his steely confidence.

He played in the Austrian league throughout the 1980s. As an attacking midfielder for Rapid Vienna from 1981-1985, he scored 63 goals in 127 games and won two Bundesliga titles as well as the Austrian Cup.