Noroeste · Paulista - A1 · Midfielder · #0 · Brazil · 36 yrs
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.
Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White could miss the rest of the season with boss Vitor Pereira uncertain about his fitness. The 26-year-old was an unused substitute in Thursday's 4-0 Europa League semi-final second leg defeat at Aston Villa. Forest lost 4-1 on aggregate as Villa progressed to the final in Istanbul on 20 May to play Freiburg.
The team on BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up And Show More Football have unpicked defeat in the Europa League but ex-Forest defender Brian Laws wants to focus on the positive impact Vitor Pereira has made. Pereira joined the club in February, becoming their fourth manager of the campaign.
What does it say about Wolves that the two head coaches they have dismissed in the past 18 months, Gary O'Neil and Vitor Pereira, are both leading their new sides in European semi-finals? Perhaps that is an over-simplified view given both seemed to reach an untenable position by the time they left, having lost the hearts of supporters in a dramatically quick fall from a position of broad popularity. Pereira was present to oversee the recruitment choices last summer that proved so lamentable.
Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira has been speaking to the media before Thursday's Europa League semi-final second leg against Aston Villa at Villa Park (20:00 BST). If we are winning or losing, it is exactly the same, we will go there with the same spirit to compete.
Nottingham Forest defender Nikola Milenkovic has hailed the "family atmosphere" created by Vitor Pereira and his coaching staff. Pereira has won eight and lost just four of his 16 matches in charge in all competitions since replacing Sean Dyche in mid-February, and is currently overseeing a 10-game unbeaten run - Forest's longest for a decade. "For sure this season has been turbulent for us," Milenkovic told media before Thursday's Europa league semi-final second leg against Aston Villa.
Morgan Gibbs-White might need a "miracle" to be available for Nottingham Forest's Europa League semi-final second leg against Aston Villa on Thursday - but head coach Vitor Pereira is feeling hopeful. The attacking midfielder was forced off the pitch with a bandaged head, and subsequently required stitches, after a collision with Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez in the Reds' 3-1 win on Monday. Pereira's side take a 1-0 lead to Villa Park - and the boss certainly won't want to be without main playmaker Gibbs-White, who has already registered three goals and three assists on their European tour.
Two bitter domestic rivals who will get their respective Europa League semi-final adventures underway on Thursday night, Nottingham Forest will welcome Aston Villa to the City Ground. Enjoying what has been a real purple patch over the past fortnight, Vitor Pereira’s high-flying squad have come skyrocketing away from a relegation scrap and will be desperate […] The post Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa Bet Builder Tips – 4/1 Europa League Special, Analysis & Predictions appeared first on Soccer News.
Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy discusses how Vítor Pereira's half-time changes "benefitted" Morgan Gibbs-White as the England international made a "huge difference" in Nottingham Forest's 4-1 comeback victory against Burnley.
