All "enemies and friends" recognize that this year's Nottingham is making a very impressive progress, as it is in 2nd place and sees... an exit to the next UEFA Champions League.

Nuno's team, before the big double on Merseyside against Everton, had defeated Tottenham 1-0 at the "City Ground", as well as Manchester United 3-2 at Old Trafford, Aston Villa at home 2-1, in a match in which they even achieved an epic turnaround, and Brentford away 2-0. The Portuguese's team is reminiscent in many ways of that wonderful one of the late Brian Clough, which also won two consecutive European Cups (1979 and 1980).

A team to star

The 50-year-old (25/12/1974) Portuguese coach, Nuno Espirito Santo has created an amazing team, which plays excellent football and can beat any opponent. Besides, they are the only team that has defeated the league leaders Liverpool this year.

From there, with the victory over Everton, Nottingham Forest reached 11 in this year's championship (11/4/4, 26:19 goals) and halfway through this year they have more than they achieved in the two previous seasons, where they had 9 wins each (2022/2023 and 2023/2024 in 38 matches).

So everything indicates that this year's Nottingham, if it cannot be in the top four in the end, it is certain that it will appear next season in a European competition.