"Nottingham Forest cruised into the Europa League playoffs with a one-sided victory against Ferencvaros, Igor Jesus maintaining his impressive goalscoring form to cap a fine few days for Sean Dyche. The last time Forest won three successive home games in a European competition, in 1979, it culminated in them lifting their first European Cup under Brian Clough. While there is a long way to go in this competition, these are the kind of nights that foster hope of at least reaching the showpiece in Istanbul in May."
"A week is a long time in this game. Seven days after being booed off by the majority of the Forest supporters who travelled to Braga, Dyche's side blew away Ferencvaros, ending the Hungarian side's unbeaten record in this competition and also their hopes of a top-eight berth. The galling thing for Forest is had they claimed victory in northern Portugal then owing to their margin of victory here and results elsewhere, they would have automatically advanced to the round of 16 themselves."
Nottingham Forest defeated Ferencvaros 4-0 to secure a place in the Europa League playoffs. Igor Jesus continued his strong goalscoring form and James McAtee converted a late penalty to complete the scoring. Ryan Yates returned to influence the game and helped Forest establish a two-goal half-time lead. The win ended Ferencvaros' unbeaten run in the competition and ended their hopes of a top-eight berth. The victory followed a difficult trip to Braga a week earlier and revived domestic supporters' European hopes, with a draw next Friday to determine the playoff opponents.
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