Two-time European Cup winner Nottingham Forest are back in the top flight of English football for the first time since 1999. Forest beat Huddersfield 1-0 in the Championship playoff final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday to secure their return to the English Premier League next season. (More Football News)
The most lucrative match in football 바카라 it바카라s worth 170 million pounds ($215 million) in future broadcast money and guaranteed earnings 바카라 was settled by an own-goal by Huddersfield defender Levi Colwill just before halftime.
Forest had a late scare when goalkeeper Brice Samba was injured and replaced in the 89th minute by American Ethan Horvath, who made his first appearance since March 20 in the FA Cup quarterfinals.
Huddersfield, which had two strong penalty appeals waved away in the second half, finished the regular season in third place 바카라 one spot ahead of Forest 바카라 as it sought a first return to the Premier League since relegation in 2019.
Forest joins champion Fulham and second-place Bournemouth in getting promoted from the Championship. Forest are a big name in English football, having won back-to-back European Cups, in 1979 and 바카라80, under Brian Clough.
But it fell on hard times, even becoming the first-ever European Cup-winning club to fall into the third division of a domestic league system.
Forest did it the hard way this season, too. The team was in last place 바카라 with six defeats and a draw from its first seven games 바카라 when Steve Cooper took charge in September and the former Swansea manager has transformed Forest바카라s fortunes.
Asked to assess Cooper바카라s contribution to promotion, Forest captain Joe Worrall said: 바카라I keep using the expression 바카라like a whipped dog.바카라 If you treat any dog with kindness, then they become a nice dog. If you mistreat one, then they바카라re aggressive, and we were. We바카라ve been a mistreated team.
바카라He바카라s come in and he바카라s given us that hope, given us that belief and he바카라s just been so nice. He바카라s just killed us with kindness and the fans absolutely adore him.바카라 Colwill, a center back on loan from Chelsea, was unfortunate to put the ball through his own net in the 43rd minute after a teasing cross from Forest striker James Garner.
