Hudson-Odoi strike key after Fener comeback attempt
Callum Hudson-Odoi's goal settled the tie for Nottingham Forest, which went through to the Europa League last 16 with a 4-2 aggregate win over Fenerbahce, despite a 2-1 loss.
Forest comfortably won the first leg 3-0, but Kerem Akturkoglu struck twice to cut the host's lead at the City Ground, only for Hudson-Odoi to put the result beyond doubt.
A lightning-quick counter saw Akturkoglu played in by Sidiki Cerif, and with Neco Williams on the floor after a costly stumble, the forward slotted his shot into the bottom-left corner 22 minutes in.
Chances came and went for Elliot Anderson to equalise before Cherif almost added a second on the stroke of half-time, but Stefan Ortega made a sharp stop to keep him out.
Unimpressed by the first-half performance, Pereira made four half-time changes, but things immediately got worse after the break, with Jair Cunha catching Akturkoglu in the box just 24 seconds into the second half to give away a penalty, which the striker confidently dispatched.
Forest upped the pressure after that and got their breakthrough in the 68th minute, with Hudson-Odoi drilling his low shot across goal into the bottom-right corner.
Cetin twice made himself big to keep our Igor Jesus and Omari Hutchinson while one-on-one late on, with a big Ortega save to deny Marco Asencio sandwiched between those two.
Things were looking quite bleak for Forest just 48 minutes into the second leg as Fenerbahce threatened a real comeback, led by Akturkoglu's double.
The Turkiye international became the first player to score two goals in a major European game against Forest since Jurgen Klinsmann in March 1996 for Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup.

































