Goals and Highlights: Nottingham Forest 1-2 Sheffield United in EFL Championship 2022

Thank you for watching Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United on VAVEL; match corresponding to the second leg of the Championship Playoffs semi-final. 

Penalty shootout ends, Nottingham Forest beats Sheffield United 3-2 and qualifies to the Championship final for the ticket to the Premier League. 

The match will be decided by penalty kicks - Nottingham Forest or Sheffield United? Only one will make it to Wembley to fight for a ticket to the Premier League. 

Norwood found himself with the ball for a shot from the halfway line but his shot went wide.

At the end of the first half of overtime, both teams are still tied on aggregate and will look for a tie-breaker in the next 15 minutes.

The match continues to be tight and everything seems to indicate that penalties are being prepared as a tie-breaker.

LAFC and Austin FC have only met 3 times all-time (3 wins for LAFC) where the scales tipped in favor of the Los Angeles side. In goals, it is LAFC who have the advantage with 6 goals to Austin FC's 1. Their last meeting dates back to matchday 6 of the 2021 season where LAFC won by a score of 1-2 away.

CLOSE TO THE THIRD GOAL! THE BLADES ALMOST SCORE

Johnson's header from the corner kick went just wide of the goalkeeper's far post, saving the Blades from a second goal.

We are going to overtime. At the end of the 90 minutes, both teams are tied 3-3 on aggregate and extra time will be played to determine the winner of the series. 

SHEFFIELD UNITED GOAL! GOOOOOOAL WITH A TIE FLAVOR! THE BLADES ARE LEVELLING THE SCORE!

GOOOOOOOL DEL SHEFFIELD UNITED! GOOOOOOL CON SABOR A EMPATE! LOS BLADES ESTAN IGUALANDO EL MARCADOR!

Once again, the goalkeeper was the hero again and prevented the home team's goal from going down.

THE EQUALIZER IS CLOSE! Berge shoots inside the box and sends it over the top.

GOOOOOOOOOL FOR SHEFFIELD UNITED! GIBBS-WHITE SCORES THE EQUALIZER AND PUTS HIS TEAM BACK IN THE PLAY-OFFS. THEY ARE ONE GOAL BEHIND! 

The first half ends, Nottingham Forest is momentarily leading 1-0 over Sheffield United and with 45 minutes left they would be present at Wembley. 

Ndiaye had a chance to score the equalizer after receiving a ball inside the box, but his shot went wide.

Surridge had a clear chance and flies the ball into the six-yard box. Nottingham Forest continue to dominate.

GOOOOOOOOOL FOR NOTTINGHAM FOREST! BRENAN JHONSON SCORES THE FIRST GOAL AND MAKES THINGS DIFFICULT FOR SHEFFIELD!

Great goalkeeper! Samba saves the first goal of the match with a save in the box.

The Blades continue to be intense, with Gibbs-White getting off a shot from mid-range that ends up in the crowd. The Sheffield Wednesday team is still looking for an equalizer.

Berge's good arrival on the right flank ends up being rebounded by the local saga. The Blades came closer.

Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United are looking for a place in the final to reach Wembley and fight for a ticket to the Premier League. 

In a couple of minutes we will start with the broadcast of Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United, a duel corresponding to the second leg of the Championship semi-final. 

This was the arrival of the Blades to the stadium.

The Bladesmen are in. 👋 pic.twitter.com/cBxqwjSEVO

— Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) May 17, 2022

This is the starting eleven that the Blades send to the field with the hope of overcoming the adverse score, they want to go to Wembley and today is the day to do it. 

Huddersfield overcame Luton Town in the second leg at the John Smith's Stadium to win 2-1 on aggregate.
In the first leg, the Terriers and Hatters were held to a 1-1 draw at Kenilworth Road. Danel Sinani opened the scoring for Huddersfield in the first half, but it was a lead that didn't last long. Sonny Bradley equalized for the home side on the half hour mark.
In tonight's second leg, Jordan Rhodes scored in the 82nd minute and that goal proved to be the deciding goal as the West Yorkshire side finished with the equalizer.  Now all that remains is to wait between Nottingham and Sheffield Wednesday to decide the final. 

This is the starting eleven that Nottingham Forest sends to the field to seek to return to a Championship final and to step on Wembley Stadium after so long. 

This will be a very important game for Nottingham Forest against Sheffield United. The home side will host the Blades at home and will be looking to defend the positive 1-2 result from the first leg. If they advance to the final, they would be playing for promotion to the Premier League, which they have not been in since 1999.
The team, which currently plays in the Championship, was last in the elite of English soccer in the 1998-99 season, when they finished bottom of the table with 30 points. After that, 23 years have passed in which they have not been able to return to the Premier League. 

The winner of this knockout series will travel straight to Wembley Stadium to seek direct qualification to the Premier League. So far, Nottingham Forest already has half a foot inside the mythical Wembley turf, however, they will need to play well for the remaining 90 minutes to secure their qualification. 

When the second leg of the tie is played, if the aggregate score ends in a tie at the end of the 90 minutes of regulation play, extra time will be played (30 more minutes of play, divided into 2 parts of 15 minutes). If the score is tied at the end of overtime, the tie-breaker is determined by a round of penalty kicks.

The wait is over, Nottingham Forest receives Sheffield United in what will be the second leg of the Championship semifinals, both will fight for the pass to the final in these remaining 90 minutes where the goal will be to fight for the ticket to the Premier League. At the moment, Nottingham Forest is 2-1 on aggregate and it is enough to win or draw to qualify for the final, on the other hand, Sheffield United must win if they want to stay alive, winning by a goal difference would tie the aggregate and extend the tie, winning by 2 goals would qualify for the final. 

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This is the start time of the game Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United of 17th May in several countries:

Argentina: 15:45 PM

Bolivia: 14:45 PM

Brazil: 15:45 PM

Chile: 14:45 PM

Colombia: 13:45 PM

Ecuador: 13:45 PM

USA (ET): 14:45 PM

Spain: 20:45 PM

Mexico: 13:45 PM

Paraguay: 14:45 PM

Peru: 14:45 PM

Uruguay: 15:45 PM

Venezuela: 13:45 PM

The player to watch for this match will be the attacking midfielder, Sander Berge, the current Offensive Midfielder has been an important piece throughout the season for Sheffield and he proved it by scoring last match, now, he will look to break the nets again and be the difference that balances the balance in favor of his team.

Brennan Johnson will be the player to watch for this match, the center forward was an important piece throughout this season and he proved it in this tie after scoring against the opponent and making their fans dream, now, he will have the mission to be a real killer in the box and kill Sheffield United's comeback dreams.

B. S. Samba, S. McKenna, S. Cook, J. Worrall; J. Colback, J. Garner, R. Yates, D. Spence; P. Zinckernagel; S. Surridge, B. Johnson.

W. Foderingham; C. Basham, J. Egan, J. Robinson; B. Osborn, O. Norwood, J. Fleck, E. Stevens; S. Berge; M. Gibbs-White, I. Ndiaye.

Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United have met 121 times (46 wins for Nottingham Forest, 32 draws and 43 wins for Sheffield United) where the balance is in favor of the home side. In goal scoring history, it is Nottingham who have the advantage with 167 goals to Sheffield Wednesday's 154 goals. Their last meeting dates back to this season's first leg semi-final where Nottingham won 1-2 away.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English soccer club from the city of Nottingham in the East Midlands. It was founded on January 1, 1865 and currently plays in the Football League Championship, the Second Division of England. It was also back-to-back European Cup winners in 1979 and 1980.

It was one of the founding members of the Football Alliance in 1889 and its first great success was achieved in 1898 when it won the FA Cup. It spent much of the 20th century in the Second Division and its second major trophy came in 1959 when it won another FA Cup. The club's most successful period came under Brian Clough, who arrived at the club in 1975. Under his management Nottingham Forest were promoted to the First Division, were champions of England, won two consecutive European Cups, making them the only European club to have won more European Cups than domestic leagues, and four League Cups.

For their part, Sheffield United will travel to unfamiliar terrain, without their people and with the score against them, the Pirate team will have to navigate the waters that are against them if they want to turn things around and dream of a ticket to the final of these playoffs. In the first leg, Sheffield Wednesday was unable to make their home advantage count and conceded two goals that could mean a lot in this second leg, however, they are still alive because the lone goal put them back in the playoffs. Now they will have to pull out all the stops and impose themselves as visitors to keep dreaming of the Premier League.

One of the European giants of yesteryear want to return to the top circuit of England, Nottingham Forest is once again facing a new opportunity to return to the Premier League and return to dream of those European competitions in which they once played, in the first leg, They did their job, which was to make Sheffield United suffer at home and take the advantage on aggregate, now, with everything in their favor, they will look for the victory to seal their ticket to the final of the Championship Play Offs and return to fight to return to the top flight.

The Championship came to an end and now the road will resume for four teams looking for that last ticket that will make them worthy of reaching the dreamed goal, the English Premier League. In this key, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United will face each other to define the team that can win a ticket to the final and fight for promotion, the locals did their part in the first leg and took the advantage, so now they must keep the score in their favor and make their home advantage count.

The Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United match will be played at The Nottingham Forest Football Club, in West Bridgford, England. The kick-off is scheduled at 14:45 pm ET.

My name is Luis Miguel and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.