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There is a reason for this! Forest coach: The boss is not angry because the team fell out of the Champions League zone

10:40pm, 14 May 2025【Football】

On the evening of May 11, in the 36th round of the Premier League, Nottingham Forest drew 2-2 with Leicester City at home, and the Premier League ranking fell to 7th place, falling out of the Champions League zone. After the game, the broadcast footage captured Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis rushing into the field to have a fierce dispute with head coach Nuno. Marinakis's behavior also caused great controversy. Neville bluntly said: "The Forest boss's actions on the court just now were simply a scandal. If I were Nuno, I would go and have a serious talk with him."

Facing Leicester City, which has been relegated, Nottingham Forest lost a valuable 2 points at home, and the team fell out of the Champions League. But with this draw, they secured a place in the UEFA Cup. After the game, Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis looked very angry after leaving the court, and Nuno once tried to appease the angry club owner. After the match, Nuno said he understood the anger of Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis. Marinakis was angry not because the team fell out of the Champions League, but because the team was almost forced to face it with 10 people in the last moment. It turned out that Nottingham Forest replaced No. 9 forward Avoniyi in the 83rd minute while trailing 1-2 at home, but in a quick counterattack in the 87th minute, the 27-year-old forward did not enter the empty goal and hit the far post hard, which seemed very painful.

Nuno later wanted to replace the injured Avonii on the sidelines, but the player chose to stay on the court after communicating with the medical team. At this time, the on-court game time has become 90+2 minutes, and there are only 6 minutes left in injury time. Before Avoniyi came on the court, Nottingham had used up three substitution opportunities, and even if there were substitutions, he could not replace Avoniyi.

The latter has not accelerated once after appearing, nor has he completed a touch of 1 foot. Obviously, that impact was still affecting his performance. In this way, Nottingham Forest almost beat 11 on the court, and his opponent Leicester City almost won the game. After the game, Nuno said: "There is some confusion about T (Tevo Avonii). When a player falls, you get information about him. The information we get is that he can continue playing, so we made a third substitution. Unfortunately, we didn't use the last substitution to replace him, and he couldn't continue to help the team, and there was one player who could run on the court."

In the team's key home game, due to the medical team's communication error, Nottingham Forest was almost forced to fight less at the last moment, and the team finally drew 2-2 with Leicester City. And this is the main reason why Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis ended up angry after the game.