Nottingham Forest on Monday reached the FA Cup quarter-finals as they beat fellow English Premier League club Ipswich Town on penalties after the City Ground clash ended 1-1 after extra-time.
After nine penalties found the back of the net, Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels dived the right way to keep out Jack Taylor’s effort and send his side through 5-4.
Forest are to face Brighton & Hove Albion away in the quarter-finals.
Photo: AFP
George Hirst gave Ipswich the lead in the second half with a header through a crowd, but Forest replied when Ryan Yates was picked out by Anthony Elanga’s inswinging cross to nod home.
Callum Hudson-Odoi hit the crossbar for Forest shortly afterward as Forest took charge, but Ipswich held out to take the tie to 30 minutes of uneventful extra-time.
Sels then made the difference with a crucial save to put Forest in their second FA Cup quarter-final in four seasons.
“The game was not so good. In the end extra-time is a gamble, you don’t want to gamble too much,” Sels, whose save helped Forest beat Exeter City on penalties in the previous round, told ITV Sport.
“I’m happy I could help the team to the next round. It was the only penalty I was in the right corner. In penalties one of the goalkeepers is going to be the hero,” he said. “I am happy. Looking forward to the weekend now.”
Forest host Manchester City on Saturday in the Premier League as they push for a UEFA Champions League spot.
For Ipswich it is back to the reality of trying to avoid relegation back to the Championship.
Brazil has four teams, more than any other country, in the expanded Club World Cup that kicked off yesterday in the US, but for SE Palmeiras, the competition holds a special meaning: winning it would provide some redemption. Under coach Abel Ferreira since 2020, Palmeiras lifted two Copa Libertadores titles, plus Brazilian league, cup and state championships. Even before Ferreira, it boasted another South American crown and 11 league titles. The only major trophy missing is a world champions’ title. Other Brazilian clubs like Fluminense FC and Botafogo FR, also in the tournament, have never won it either, but the problem for Palmeiras
Paris Saint-Germain’s Lee Kang-in has pleaded with South Korea fans to get behind the team at the 2026 FIFA World Cup after more boos were aimed at coach Hong Myung-bo despite leading them to qualification. South Korea reached next year’s finals in North America without losing a game, but that does not tell the whole story. The country’s soccer association has been in the firing line, having scrambled about to find a successor after sacking the unpopular Jurgen Klinsmann in February last year. They eventually settled on Hong, the decorated former skipper who had an unsuccessful stint as coach in 2013-2014, during which
Lionel Messi drew vast crowds and showed flashes of his brilliance when his Inter Miami side were held to a goalless draw by African giants Al-Ahly as the revamped FIFA Club World Cup got off to a festive start on Saturday. Fans showed up en masse for the Group A clash at the Hard Rock Stadium, home to the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, but Messi could not fully deliver, his best chance coming through a last-second attempt that was deflected onto the crossbar. Inter Miami next face FC Porto on Thursday in Atlanta, while Al-Ahly, who benefited from raucous, massive support, are to
Ferrari’s F1 fortunes might be flagging, but the Italian team start this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans as favorites, targeting a third consecutive triumph in motorsport’s fabled endurance classic. Roger Federer is acting as celebrity starter with the tennis icon getting the 93rd edition of the jewel in four-wheeled endurance racing’s crown under way tomorrow. Twenty-four hours later, through daylight, darkness and dawn, the 21 elite hypercars are to battle it out over 300 laps (more than 4,000km) in front of a sold-out 320,000 crowd burning the midnight oil with copious quantities of coffee and beer. Ferrari made a triumphant return after
RSS