'We're throwing players into a stress cage without protecting them': why football needs to mentally prepare players for penalties

Geir Jordet has spent most of his professional career studying penalties. The Norwegian professor, who has worked with several of Europe's top teams over two decades in football, knows the psychological subtleties of spot kicks as well as anyone. 

All of which means that, as Euro 2024 moves towards the knockout stages and the drama of penalty shootouts, …