The historical Nottingham Forest took a new step to return, 23 years later, to the First Division of English football, after certifying its classification for the final of the promotion phase, in which it will be measured with the Huddersfieldwhen prevailing this Tuesday to the Sheffield United 3-2 in the penalty shootout.
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Brice Samba, the hero
A round of maximum penalties in which the Congolese goalkeeper Brice Samba He became the great protagonist after stopping three penalty shots.
Yes Samba could not prevent in regulation time that the Sheffield forced the extension after equalizing the 1-2 achieved by the Nottingham in the first leg, thanks to the goals from Morgan Gibbs White Y John Fleck In the second half, in extra time, the figure of the Congolese goalkeeper began to grow.
In fact, Brice Samba allowed the Nottingham Forest reach the penalty shootout after avoiding, with five minutes remaining in extra time, the third goal of the Sheffield United with an impressive save with his foot to a shot from inside the small area of the Frenchman Iliman Ndiaye.
The final, on Sunday May 29
A preview of what happened in the penalty shootout in which Samba led to Nottingham Forestdouble European champion in the years 1979 and 1980, to the promotion final, in which he will face on May 29 with the Huddersfield at Wembley, after stopping throwing Norwood, Hourihane and Gibbs-White.
