Rotation gamble was a necessary one says Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/akturkoglu-muhammed-kerem/UDQZylXj/"]Kerem Akturkoglu[/a]'s brace brought ‌the Turkish side within a goal of levelling the ‌knockout round playoff tie at the City Ground, ‌but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hudson-odoi-callum/dtU5eexQ/"]Callum Hudson-Odoi[/a] settled [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Forest[/a]'s nerves with a goal in the 68th minute to seal a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/fenerbahce-MsbmracL/nottingham-UsushcZr/?mid=25ceSfOh"]4-2 aggregate ‌win[/a] and a place in the ⁠round of 16.[/p][p]With Forest ‌just two points above from the Premier League relegation ​zone, Pereira told reporters he had one eye on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brighton-2XrRecc3/nottingham-UsushcZr/?mid=lfdXJWuo"]Sunday's match[/a] against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brighton/2XrRecc3/"]Brighton[/a].[/p][p][b]"We were suffering a bit but we are in the moment of the season where we need ⁠to think not ​about one game but about the next game,"[/b] he told reporters.[/p][p]"I decided to take this risk because I need to think about the Brighton game, ‌it is very important for us. We need to go there with fuel and energy. My decisions were not just about this game."[/p][embed guid="6025d98e-2a18-425d-8a2d-56ade097aa33" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2027141145499726086" social-type="twitter" /][p]Forest will either face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/midtjylland/8GZDmdbB/"]FC Midtjylland[/a] or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/betis/vJbTeCGP/"]Real Betis[/a] in the next stage of Europa League.[/p][p][b]"We have ambition in the Europa League, it is to move forward to the next stage,"[/b] said Pereira, who is ‌Forest's fourth managerial appointment this season after Nuno ​Espirito Santo, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gomes-angel/AmAtkgFg/"]Ange Postecoglou[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/o-riley-matthew/AZOU76Ou/"]Sean Dyche[/a].[/p][p]"We are ‌not comfortable in the table in the Premier League and this is very important for us, to get the points to avoid a difficult situation."[/p][p]Forest are 17th on 27 points, ⁠just two points ahead ⁠of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/west-ham/Cxq57r8g/"]West Ham ‌United[/a].[/p]