{"id":786351,"date":"2026-03-02T09:21:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/786351\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:21:27","slug":"is-europa-league-football-taking-a-toll-on-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/786351\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Europa League football taking a toll on Forest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vitor Pereira blamed a lack of preparation time for Nottingham Forest&#8217;s defeat at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/brighton-and-hove-albion?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brighton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brighton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Forest lost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/live\/ce8wz53xn0gt?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2-1 at home to Fenerbahce;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2-1 at home to Fenerbahce<\/a> in the Europa League on Thursday, although they progressed to the last 16 thanks to their 3-0 win in the first leg.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>It means that Forest, who have been drawn against Danish side Midtjylland, will end up playing six games in the first 22 days of March.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky Sports, Pereira said: &#8220;The tiredness is not only physical, it&#8217;s mental too. You need to recover.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But this is what we have. You cannot use the Europa League as an excuse because we are there and we are there competing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before I accepted the job, I knew that we have ambitions to keep our targets in both competitions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Forest are a long way from the joys of last season, when they finished seventh and secured a place in Europe for the first time since 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The club have won just seven of their 28 league games this term and they have struggled without last season&#8217;s top scorer Chris Wood, who has been out since October with knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>Only bottom side <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/wolverhampton-wanderers?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wolves;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Wolves<\/a> (15) have failed to score in more Premier League games this season than Forest (13).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/ckg8dwjgl0lo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read more about Forest and the Premier League relegation battle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Read more about Forest and the Premier League relegation battle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/.gif\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vitor Pereira blamed a lack of preparation time for Nottingham Forest&#8217;s defeat at Brighton. 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