Egypt's Mohamed Salah (10) scores a penalty in a shootout in the World Cup round of 32 soccer match against Egypt in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) If Antonin Panenka had his way, Mo Salah would have paid royalty to the former Czech midfielder, the inventor of the chip-shot penalty named after him. Panenka’s original, the last of the five spot-kicks taken by Czechoslovakia, won his country the Euro 1976 title against West Germany.