Nottingham Forest: from survival fight to Champions League dream

In just a year, Nuno Espírito Santo has taken Forest from relegation battlers to the cusp of European football

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00:00Nobody expected, nobody expected, nobody can predict it, the situation.

00:05Unbelievable, what they are doing, what he's done.

00:08I don't think they are here because of luck.

00:10Impressive, I would say.

00:11I think the improvement of the squad, the improvement of the players,

00:31the ability to realize that we can compete against every team.

00:36Compete, it doesn't matter the result, it's how we prepare to compete.

00:41Knowing our strengths, our weaknesses, and knowing who we have in front of you.

00:45They've scored and been a threat by counter-attacks a lot,

00:49but they can also bring the ball, if the ball is on the floor,

00:52so they hardly take the risk of build-up from the goalkeeper,

00:56but if they bring the ball to the floor,

00:58then you can see the quality they also have when they want to play.

01:05Very happy to have Chris with us.

01:17I think he's an example for the young lads to follow,

01:20because it's never too late to achieve good things in football.

01:36We allowed such talented players to run with the ball, 1v1s,

01:40mad sales, huge for us.

01:42It helped us on the game.

01:43Huge pride.

01:44Him, the coaching staff, the players as a club as well,

01:47what they have generated after coming into the Premier League,

01:50it's a remarkable story.

01:52They've got some quality players in there,

01:54and they're having a really good season.

01:57The culture of the club is what the club has made so many years ago,

02:02in the 70s and the 80s.

02:03This is the culture of the club.

02:04This is what our fans dream of.

02:07We have to work very hard, very, very hard,

02:10because it's really difficult to repeat that.

02:13The culture is Forest.