The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

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literary work novel

The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a 1970 novel by Austrian writer Peter Handke that explores alienation and psychological disintegration through the perspective of a troubled soccer goalkeeper.

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Label	Occurrences
The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick canonical	2
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick	1
The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (English translation)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13350819 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Context triple: [Peter Handke, notableWork, The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick]

A. The Penalty Kick
The Penalty Kick is a method of restarting play in association football that allows a player to take an uncontested shot on goal from the penalty mark, typically awarded after certain fouls in the penalty area.
B. Competing Against Luck
Competing Against Luck is a business strategy book by Clayton Christensen that introduces and applies the "Jobs to Be Done" theory to explain how companies can systematically innovate and create successful products.
C. The Beautiful Game
The Beautiful Game is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton that follows a group of young footballers in 1960s Belfast amid the backdrop of the Northern Ireland conflict.
D. The Ball In and Out of Play
The Ball In and Out of Play is a section of association football’s Laws of the Game that defines precisely when the ball is considered active or inactive during a match.
E. Go for the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life
"Go for the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life" is a book by legendary U.S. soccer star Mia Hamm that blends practical soccer instruction with personal insights on leadership, teamwork, and achieving success on and off the field.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Target entity description: The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a 1970 novel by Austrian writer Peter Handke that explores alienation and psychological disintegration through the perspective of a troubled soccer goalkeeper.

A. The Penalty Kick
The Penalty Kick is a method of restarting play in association football that allows a player to take an uncontested shot on goal from the penalty mark, typically awarded after certain fouls in the penalty area.
B. Competing Against Luck
Competing Against Luck is a business strategy book by Clayton Christensen that introduces and applies the "Jobs to Be Done" theory to explain how companies can systematically innovate and create successful products.
C. The Beautiful Game
The Beautiful Game is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton that follows a group of young footballers in 1960s Belfast amid the backdrop of the Northern Ireland conflict.
D. The Ball In and Out of Play
The Ball In and Out of Play is a section of association football’s Laws of the Game that defines precisely when the ball is considered active or inactive during a match.
E. Go for the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life
"Go for the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life" is a book by legendary U.S. soccer star Mia Hamm that blends practical soccer instruction with personal insights on leadership, teamwork, and achieving success on and off the field.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptedInto	The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (film) ⓘ linked to: The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty
associatedWith	German-language literature ⓘ
author	Peter Handke ⓘ
centralTheme	alienation ⓘ perception and reality ⓘ psychological disintegration ⓘ violence ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Austria ⓘ
explores	breakdown of communication ⓘ everyday banality ⓘ fragmentation of identity ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector	Wim Wenders ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear	1972 ⓘ
genre	existential fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ
hasCharacterType	unreliable focalizer ⓘ
hasMotif	sports as metaphor for existential crisis ⓘ
hasTranslation	The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (English translation) ⓘ linked to: The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
literaryMovement	postmodern literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Josef Bloch ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person ⓘ
notableFor	focus on interior consciousness ⓘ minimalist style ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter ⓘ
partOfAuthorOeuvre	early works of Peter Handke ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	soccer goalkeeper ⓘ
publicationYear	1970 ⓘ
publisher	Suhrkamp Verlag ⓘ
setting	Austria ⓘ
structure	short novel ⓘ
subjectMatter	association football ⓘ crime ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory	20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peter Handke → notableWork → The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick ⓘ

The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty → basedOn → The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick ⓘ

Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter → hasTitleTranslation → The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick ⓘ

linked to: The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick → hasTranslation → The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (English translation) ⓘ