Nottingham Forest · 0 yrs
Premier League history was made before a ball was even kicked this season as a record nine clubs started the campaign with new managers. Former Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner got his first taste of action as Nottingham Forest head coach after succeeding sacked Vitor Pereira. A poor start for the Austrian, who brought FA Cup and Europa League success to Crystal Palace, losing 1-0 to a late Leeds United goal at the City Ground.
Players hope their workaholic manager will let his hair down if he wins competition for fifth time in IstanbulTwo years ago, during Aston Villa’s first European adventure under Unai Emery, Vicente Iborra was asked about a manager he knows better than most. “He is a coach that takes into consideration every detail which might happen in the match,” said Iborra, then of Olympiakos. Iborra has winner’s medals from all four of Emery’s Europa League triumphs – three on the spin with Sevilla, the last with Villarreal five years ago – before which the injured midfielder delivered a stirring dressing-room speech. “You have the chance to make a lot of people happy,” he said, by way of opening gambit.On Wednesday, against Freiburg, Emery hopes to lift the trophy for a record-extending fifth time. Before Villa beat Nottingham Forest in the semi-finals, Vítor Pereira spoke on behalf of the masses when he called Emery the king of the Europa League. This is Emery’s sixth final, he’s only lost one, and he’s seeking his first silverware with Villa. Continue reading...
It has been a terrific turnaround by Nottingham Forest in the backend of this season. It needed to be such a turnaround as well because the likes of Tottenham, West Ham and Leeds have been winning matches down there as well. What Vitor Pereira has done is put smiles on faces.
Elliot Anderson rescued a 1-1 draw for Nottingham Forest against his former club, Newcastle United with a sensational late strike this past weekend.Forest boss Vitor Pereira hailed Anderson’s elite ...
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