"For Nottingham Forest, this was anything but the meek surrender widely feared, Vitor Pereira's side advancing to the Europa League quarter-finals after triumphing 3-0 on penalties at Midtjylland, who missed all three spot-kicks. The goalkeeper Elias Olafsson had celebrated his captain, Mads Bech Srensen, winning the toss to decide that penalties would be taken in front of the hosts' most ardent supporters, but it counted for nothing."
"After 127 minutes, perfect spot-kicks by the substitutes Morgan Gibbs-White, who entered just after the hour, Ibrahim Sangare and Neco Williams reignited Evangelos Marinakis's hopes of Forest achieving European glory."
"Pereira revamped things, as promised, with Nikola Milenkovic and Dominguez, who combined when the latter opened the scoring approaching the interval, the only players to keep their place from Sunday's frustrating draw at home to Fulham."
Nottingham Forest progressed to the Europa League quarter-finals despite losing 2-1 to Midtjylland in Denmark. Nicolas Dominguez's early header and Ryan Yates's long-range strike gave Forest a 2-0 lead, but Martin Erlic's goal forced extra time. In the penalty shootout, Morgan Gibbs-White, Ibrahim Sangare, and Neco Williams converted their spot-kicks while Midtjylland missed all three attempts. Manager Vitor Pereira made significant changes to the starting lineup, with only Nikola Milenkovic and Dominguez retained from the previous match. Forest's attacking performance impressed throughout, with the team creating chances from the opening minutes despite recent scoring difficulties.
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