 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - PaEuropean Championship ya1976muYugoslavia, Thomas akanga ari mutongi wehafu yomugumo pakati peCzechoslovakia neNetherlands. Munguva yekuwedzera yemutambo iwoyo, akarasikirwa nechikanganiso chakaomarara naAntonín Panenka paJohan Cruyff, mushure mezvo Zdenek Nehoda akakwanisa kurova chinangwa chakakosha. Willem van Hanegem akaramba kutamba pashure pechiitiko chacho uye akagamuchira kadhi dzvuku. Mune imwe 2008 zvinyorwa neDutch TV chirongwa Andere Tijden Sport, Thomas akabvuma kuti akaita chikanganiso nokusaona kukanganisa. 