The legendary footballer Antonín Panenka, "serious" in the UCI for the Covid-19

Czech soccer legend

was admitted to the intensive care unit (

) of a

hospital

after contracting

, reported the

, the club in which he played the most games.

"Antonín Panenka was in

today

and has been transferred to the UCI. We will not comment on his condition yet. Tondo, fight!" The Prague club wrote on social media about the

former footballer

.

Panenka began his sports career with the Bohemians in 1968 and played 678 games with the Verdiblanco team until 1981, when he signed for

, the club where he ended his career in 1985.

He was international with the selection of the defunct Czechoslovakia on

, in which he scored 12 goals.

Known for his unmistakable mustache, Panenka became a star when he scored a penalty with a

down the middle in the

1976

.

That goal gave his country the title in the final against Germany and gave him a place in football history by naming one of the most imitated and risky shots from the eleven meters.

"I had practiced it for two years before. I just realized that all the goalkeepers always jumped to one side or the other, so it would be nice to throw it down the middle," he said on one occasion.

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