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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ricky Charlesworth

Nottingham Forest goalkeeper's secret instructions behind penalty-saving heroics

Brice Samba was the undoubted hero in Nottingham Forest's Championship play-off win over Sheffield United.

The Congolese goalkeeper denied three Blades players in a tense penalty shootout at the City Ground to ensure Forest moved to within one game of a long-awaited Premier League return.

They will now face-off against Huddersfield Town at Wembley on Sunday, May 29 in football's richest game with the winners guaranteed a place at the top table of English football next term. Samba dazzled as he kept out Oli Norwood, Conor Hourihane and Morgan Gibbs-White with Forest winning 3-2 on spot-kicks after a pulsating tie finished 3-3 on aggregate after extra-time.

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