Only time will tell if an expanded European Championship is a good idea or not but at least the extra games over the next month will provide more opportunity for great goals to be scored. Here, we rank 10 of the best goals in the history of the European Championship.<\/p>\n
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Antonin Panenka (Euro 1976)<\/strong><\/p>\n We start all the way back in 1976 with a genuine piece of football innovation and beauty. West Germany equalised late in the Euro 1976 final, which went to penalties as a result. The first seven kicks all went in, then Uli Hoeness blazed his effort miles over the crossbar.<\/p>\n One kick to win the trophy. Up steps Panenka, who delicately chipped his penalty straight down the middle of the goal, with goalkeeper Sepp Maier made to look rather silly after diving<\/a> left. Germany had never lost a shootout at a major tournament before and they have not since. It took something very special to do it, writing Panenka’s name into football folklore.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n