In the early morning of March 8, Beijing time, the last match of the fifth round of the English FA Cup, 2 teams from the Championship began to compete. In the end, after 90 minutes, Nottingham Forest held the victory at home, and they counterattacked Huddersfield Town 2-1 in the game to win the final place in the quarterfinals. In the next round, Nottingham Forest will face Liverpool at home.
When it comes to Nottingham Forest, many old fans must know that they are the team that has won the Champions League for 2 times. Although they have played in the lower leagues more often over the years, they still have a lot of die-hard fans. In this season's FA Cup, Nottingham Forest eliminated Arsenal and Leicester City, showing their dark horse nature.
Since relegation in 2019, Huddersfield have been looking for an opportunity to return to the Premier League. In the current Championship table, Huddersfield town is 2nd, which is obviously a great opportunity to rush to the top. Compared to the FA Cup, they play the remaining opponents in the Championship, which is obviously more important.
But in this game, Huddersfield Town still scored first. Just 12 minutes into the game, Huddersfield took advantage of a corner kick opportunity and is headed by Isis in the middle of the road to give the away team a 1-0 lead. For the nottingham Forest staff, the conceding was a hit, after all, a goal was blown off a few minutes ago. Over and over again, 1-0 becomes 0-1.
Despite the blow, the Nottingham Forest team was not greatly affected. In the 28th minute, Seric's shot from a tight angle in the penalty area brought the aggregate equaliser to 1-1. Eight minutes later, Nottingham Forest relied on a free kick from the front and Wasaac Yates scored. In just 8 minutes, Nottingham Forest reversed the score, which became the final result of the whole game.
In the second half, both sides missed a great scoring opportunity. In the end of the 90 minutes, Nottingham Forest counterattacked Huddersfield Town, who was no. 2 in the same league, and successfully reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. It is worth mentioning that this is Nottingham Forest's return to the FA Cup's quarter-finals after 1996, and they have set a new 26-year best.
With nottingham Forest's promotion, this season's FA Cup top-8 matches have also been settled, namely Crystal Palace vs Everton, Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool, Middlesbrough vs Chelsea and Southampton vs Manchester City. Of the remaining 8 teams, there are only two non-Premier League teams, Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough, so liverpool and Chelsea have good luck. But it is worth mentioning that the 2 Championship teams have eliminated the traditional Big6 team in the promotion process, and the strength should not be underestimated.