ADIDAS BC EURO 76 Pack Collection Panenka trainers UK 9 FX 2710

As many of you will know, the Euros occur every four years, bringing together some of the best European-born players to represent their home country on the international stage. Alongside playing in the World Cup, it’s got to be one of the top-honours for any footballer, pulling on your nations shirt and fighting to bring home the Henri Delaunay trophy.

Taking you on a trip back to 1976, our BC Trainer celebrates one of the most daring goals scored in a penalty shootout, the 'Panenka'. Often attempted but scarcely executed, the cheeky chipped penalty coins its name from Antonín Panenka, the Czech football player who had the audacity to attempt the technique in the European final.

It takes a certain kind of man to step up in a moment like that; if it goes wrong, you're a villain to your entire nation. Luckily for Antonín Panenka, the West German goalkeeper Sepp Maier dived to his left while his chipped ball went straight down the middle. The daring dink meant that Czechoslovakia won the European Final 5–3 on penalties.

So to honour the daring midfielder and celebrate one of our favourite Euros moments, we've painted the BC Trainer's suede and leather uppers in the same blue and red hues as the Czechoslovakian national team. Oh, and we couldn't create a true ode to Panenka without including a graphic print of the legendary moment; that's why the footbed is decorated with just that.

So let's kick things off with the first model in the three-piece collection, the BC Trainer.

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