So England are out of Euro 2012, but what about that glorious exit and in particular that stunning penalty by Andrea Pirlo.
It takes guts, bottle and most importantly the ability to deal with the reaction when the keeper saves it to step up and contemplate such a kick, but when it comes off, wow the kudos is never-ending.
It was back in 1976 that Czechoslovakia's Antonin Panenka shot to footballing fame with his cheeky chip against Germany at that summer's Euros - and what a penalty it was.
Thirty-six years later, we saw Pirlo's stunning spot kick that left England keeper Joe Hart stunned and helped dump England out.
But we've seen plenty of duff attempts to copy the Panenka kick - step forward Gary Lineker who had the chance to equal Bobby Charlton's England record of 49 in the summer of 1992 but fluffed his chance....
And then there was our dear Wes Hoolahan who managed to screw up his attempt to stroke the ball past Preston's keeper back in March 2011. I remember the game well, it was the last league game I missed, I was laying in bed feeling ill and the bloke in the crowd's reaction sums up how I felt when I heard what he'd done!
If you're playing football anytime soon and get the chance to take a penalty, do your self a favour. Forget Panenka, Pirlo and even Socrates. Just put your laces through it and hit the target!
