When Are The Olympics 2024-07-06 When Are The Olympics - Last update images today When Are The Olympics Irvin Allows 1 Hit Over 8 Innings, Winker Homers As The Nationals Beat The Mets 1-0 By Fernando Kallas STUTTGART, Germany, July 4 (Reuters) - Mental preparation and plenty of practice are the most important factors in taking a penalty, Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan said as his team gear up for Friday's Euro 2024 quarter-final clash against Spain. Both teams are heavy favourites and have provided some of the best football in the tournament so far and their clash could come down to a penalty shootout. Gundogan, 33, said on Thursday that the pressure of taking a penalty is not something that can be replicated in training, but that it's still important to be mentally prepared. "The key word for me is routine. When you step on to take a penalty, the pressure that exists in a game it's just different than it was in training and obviously to replicate is very, very difficult. I don't believe that you can replicate it in training," Gundogan told a press conference. "You can train your routine. You can train how you want to approach a penalty. Your breathing, how you get calm... The most crucial thing is to get calm, how to get your heartbeat down. "Just try to be cool and enjoy the moment of taking a penalty. Which is the most difficult thing because, otherwise anyone would score a penalty." Gundogan is one of Germany's most experienced players and has taken almost 20 penalties in a successful career between clubs like Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City. However, he believed anyone who stepped up to take a spot kick should be lauded for their bravery and that even some of the game's greatest players do not always score. "Even the best takers in the world miss," Gundogan said. "I automatically think about someone like Harry Kane who has a finishing that is unbelievable but I also remember him missing quite a few penalties. "So it’s just the circumstances at the end of the day. I missed a lot of penalties in my career so far as well. At the end of the day you just try your best. Sometimes it gets rewarded and you can do it in a better way and sometimes not. "I think to have the guts to step on, to take a penalty in crucial moments, to show respect for it, even when you miss because it is a situation that is extraordinary and it is very difficult to deal with." (Reporting by Fernando Kallas Editing by Christian Radnedge) Hotel Paris 2024 1024x597 Paris Summer Olympics 2024 Schedule PDF 5515 13431 2555 2016 11 10 Bid Cities 2024 Thumbnail Logo Olimpiadi Parigi 01 V2 Skysports Olympics Paris 2024 6193265 Olympics 2024 How Much Olympics Cost 3163749 ?r=1627311332753 1200px 2024 Summer Olympics Logo.svg Le 9 Fevrier 2016 Le Logo Officiel De La Candidature Aux Jeux Olympiques De Paris 2024 Est Presente Sur L Arc De Triomphe Vc4ucoz6rs96naqnk3jb 652111 Paris 2024 Les Premieres Images Du Site Olympique De La Place De La Concorde 2024 Bid Budapest Withdraws Olympic Games Bid I?img= Photo 2017 0707 R228450 1296x729 16 9 Fe8b80321748a58d5aaf86cce21a828c 2021 09 03T091841Z 1 LYNXMPEH820D9 RTROPTP 4 OLYMPICS 2024 PARIS 1 Scaled Olympics Medals Format,jpeg Gnota 45125 Team USA 2024 Olympics 1200x675 Place De La Concorde Visual 23 June Nbc Summer Olympics 2024 Logo Paris Logo 1h3ji70wnhmai19wmvdj8ipp9m ?t= 245605051&w={width}&quality=80 Nbc Summer Olympics 2024 Logo Rev Paris 2024 Olympic Cuts 633x480 DTLA 2028 Olympics 00 15paris Olympics1 SuperJumbo LA 2028 Olympics Olympic Logo Paris 2024 Illustration Isolated On Black Background Free Vector 6f837c90057485.5e0ba054ddd7b ?url=https California Times Brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com Af 2e 3758a9744bc8a23df458a6a48c1b Secondary1 543910 Jo Paris 2024 Les Sports Urbains Sur La Place De La Concorde 2 F21sUc4WD NbVCEuw26I29qim0KgXprhSVMjmBSipN FCmDx7wsb4qWF9FRaFN 5fQapQqajZRHrz6DrhWqRNwy7 CTbrzjuwhYTvAe5eqi0LNYXfansPNZth2IQVMbcYSjihXu4kkcDeqePyfk5g2SUsfwdksx3w=s0 D 2019 02 21 Paris 2024 Sports Thumbnail ?interpolation=lanczos None&resize=2120 1200 Ad75b8c446fb84245a6e08bef2e28119