"If I don't rotate the team against Tottenham after three days with travel again, it would not be possible to compete. In the first game against Midtjylland, in my mind, I tried to win the game in 60 minutes. If [we had lost] 2-0 or 3-0, it would be completely different and I would have had the chance to make subs and rotate some players."
"It's not often that you play in three tournaments at this point in [the season]. What I can say is that what we did in terms of intensity and second balls [against Nordsjaelland] is not good enough. We weren't as good on second balls as we have been all season. I'm upset about that. Of course you can waste chances, but you have to fight for 90 minutes."
Nottingham Forest head coach Vitor Pereira navigates a challenging fixture schedule, attempting to overturn a 1-0 Europa League deficit to Midtjylland while maintaining Premier League form. Forest sits above the relegation zone on goal difference, one point behind Tottenham. Pereira plans to rotate his squad for the Tottenham match three days after the Denmark trip to manage player fatigue and recovery. He emphasized Forest will compete with full intensity in the Europa League despite the rotation strategy. Midtjylland recently ended their nine-match unbeaten run with a domestic defeat, potentially affecting their focus. The Europa League quarter-final winner will face Stuttgart or Porto in April.
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