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Nottingham Forest beat Midtjylland on penalties after Europa League rescue act
Well, it wasn’t supposed to be like this. For Nottingham Forest, this was anything but the meek surrender widely feared, Vítor Pereira’s side advancing to the Europa League quarter-finals after triumphing 3-0 on penalties at Midtjylland, who missed all three spot-kicks. The goalkeeper Elías Ólafsson had celebrated his captain, Mads Bech Sørensen, winning the toss to decide that penalties would be taken in front of the hosts’ most ardent supporters, but it counted for nothing and ultimately Midtjylland, who lost 2-1 on the night, were punished for being lulled into a false sense of security.
TL;DR
- Nottingham Forest triumphed 3-0 on penalties against Midtjylland in the Europa League.
- The match went to extra time after Forest came back from a deficit, with goals from Nicolás Domínguez and Ryan Yates.
- Midtjylland missed all three of their penalty kicks.
- Substitutes Morgan Gibbs-White, Ibrahim Sangaré, and Neco Williams scored their penalties for Forest.
- Vítor Pereira made significant changes to the Forest lineup.
- Forest displayed strong attacking intent from the start, creating numerous chances.