Nottingham Forest 1-2 Sheffield United (agg 3-3): Forest win Championship playoff on penalties – live!

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Samba is very, very happy. He says he just did what he feels, and thanks his goalkeeping coach. Steve Cook then mentions the two crucial saves, one early and one late, that helped his team stick in the game, and says Forest didn’t deserve to win tonight; Blades were amazing, he found the second half “horrendous”, hating “every minute” of it, and says the dressing room is an emotional place. I’m not surprised, so is my box room, and I’m just a clown with a keyboard. Samba notes that there’s still another game, so they’ll enjoy tonight then prepare for Wembley, and Cook agrees, saying Forest were bottom after six or seven games and is looking forward to a great contest at Wembley. Samba then praises Steve Cooper, saying Forest deserve to go up, and accepts his man of the match award. When you see how calm they were in that interview, you get some understanding of how they were able to take and save those penalties. Sportsmen are built differently.

I can’t think of too many better penalty shoot-out performances than Brice Samba’s tonight. Three saves, two of them belters, and the first preceded by some dark-arts delay. I can’t say he totally psyched out Blades’ takers because the pressure they were under without him was immense beyond comprehension, but he absolutely amped it up, then backed it up. an absolutely gigantic effort.

In the stands, Garry Birtles celebrates, while Stuart Broad simply looks on, moist-eyed and dumbstruck. Next to him, Joe Root isn’t – he must’ve chipped, and I don’t