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Image source, Getty ImagesNottingham Forest have reached their first European semi-final in 42 years.
They will now face Premier League rivals Aston Villa for a place in the Europa League final in Istanbul.
The first leg will be played at The City Ground on 30 April before the return leg at Villa Park on 7 May.
Vitor Pereira spoke to BBC Radio Nottingham after Nottingham Forest's quarter-final victory over Porto.
The Forest boss praised the "incredible" support at The City Ground and now wants everyone "to celebrate as a family" after reaching the Europa League semi-finals.
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Image source, Getty ImagesYou only had to look at the faces of the Nottingham Forest supporters inside the City Ground at full-time to understand what a first European semi-final in 42 years meant.
There had been suggestions that the Europa League was becoming an unwelcome distraction for a side battling for Premier League survival.
But against Porto, the Midlands outfit proved they are more than capable of balancing both competitions.
After a season of turmoil, Forest are peaking at the right time. They are now just 180 minutes away from a first European final since 1980, with Premier League rivals and the competition's favourites Villa standing in their way.
Victory was underpinned by an impressive performance from captain Morgan Gibbs-White.
The midfielder has become central to Forest's resurgence and will be key in the closing weeks of the campaign.
But injuries to Chris Wood, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Murillo could yet prove a significant concern on what was otherwise a memorable night.
With their European dream still intact, attention turns back to the Premier League, where survival remains the priority.
Forest will draw belief from this historic run to the final four and their supporters will hope there are still a few chapters left to write.
Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira speaking to TNT Sports: "I have a fantastic team, it's not about the manager. They have the spirit, character and quality. They deserve it. The club, and the supporters, they deserve it.
"We need to suffer together and we need to feel proud at the end of a game. Feel proud about the supporters and about the result on the pitch."
On facing Aston Villa in the semi-finals: "Just Burnley in my head at the moment! It's too much to think Villa too. I will think about it after Burnley."
On their next game against Burnley in the Premier League: "It starts now in the dressing room. After this game we start to speak about the next game. We don't have time to celebrate.
"Time to recover, come back again, mentally strong. I prefer to come with a win - the motivation is different. It will be a tough game, we need our supporters again. We need to go again as a family."
Captain Morgan Gibbs-White, speaking to TNT Sports: "Incredible win and we go onto the semi-final. An incredible night.
"One of the best nights I've had at the City Ground, thanks to the fans and everyone that's made it happen. We said early on that we'd take this competition full on and we deservedly got the win today. Now we rest and go into the league."
On fans singing about Istanbul final: "They were chanting that four games ago! Their expectations are high and so are ours. Aston Villa in the next round. We take it as it comes, but we have a Premier League game to focus on first."
On Elliot Anderson, who was omitted following the passing of his mother: "Really emotional night. It's a big shame, he's an incredible kid and no one deserves this but we're all with him."
Did you know?
Nottingham Forest have progressed to their fourth major European semi-final having previously reached the final four of the European Cup in 1978-79 and in 1979-80 and the Uefa Cup in 1983-84.
Across all competitions, Morgan Gibbs-White has scored as many goals in 22 appearances in 2026 (eight) as he did in 48 games in 2025 for Nottingham Forest.
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There are three Europa League and Conference League fixtures involving Premier League clubs on Thursday night - and BBC Sport will bring you every moment.
Europa League: Aston Villa v Bologna
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Conference League: Fiorentina v Crystal Palace
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Nottingham Forest are without star man Elliott Anderson for tonight's quarter-final second leg after the passing of his mother.
It means manager Vítor Pereira makes five changes from the 1-1 draw in Portugal seven days ago, with Neco Williams, Ola Aina, Ibrahim Sangare, Omari Hutchinson and Jair Cunha coming into the starting XI.
Nottingham Forest:Ortega, Cunha, Murillo, Williams; Aina, Gibbs-White, Sangare, Dominguez, Ndoye; Hutchinson; Wood.
Subs: Sels, Willows, Morato, Hudson-Odoi, Jesus, Lucca, Yates, McAtee, Bakwa, Milenkovic, Abbott, Sinclair.
Porto manager Francesco Farioli has made one change to the team that faced Forest last week, with Alberto Costa replacing the injured Martim Fernandes.
Former Premier League defenders Thiago Silva and Jan Bednarek also start for the visitors at the City Ground.
Porto:D Costa, A Costa, Silva, Bednarek, Zaidu; Fofana, Rosario, Veiga; Gomes, Moffi, Sainz.
Subs: Ramos, J Costa, Kiwior, Froholdt, Pepe, Prpic, Varela, Gui, Silva, Bras, Moura, Mora.
Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood says his full focus is on "performing straight away" after returning from injury.
He told BBC Radio Nottingham: "Ultimately I need to hit the ground running. There's no bedding in process.
"If we were sitting in the middle or the table or not in a European competition maybe I could bed in a bit more and take a bit more time with this injury but it's not about that, it's about performing straight away now.
"We've got some massive games both in Europe and the Premier League for the rest of the season so it's about getting back sharp as soon as possible and getting back firing and scoring goals."
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Image source, Getty ImagesStriker Chris Wood has said Nottingham Forest are keen to move forward in both the Premier League and in Europe, before the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final against Porto at the City Ground (20:00 BST).
Vitor Pereira's side drew 1-1 in Portugal last week, with Wood playing his first minutes since October after recovering from knee surgery.
"We've got a lot of big games coming up over the next eight weeks, one of them is [Thursday] and one on Sunday [against Burnley]," Wood said, speaking at a news conference on Wednesday.
"The boss has talked about having that squad balance. No matter who is selected, [they] should be ready to play and be 100% because we want to compete on both fronts and we've got the squad to do. But we know it's going to be a tough game [against Porto] and a tough game on Sunday.
"I believe whoever the manager picks will be ready to go and ready to fight, ready to put in a good performance."
On how he has perceived the situation at Forest, who are also in the battle to avoid relegation from the Premier League, Wood added: "It has been a tough season, there has been a lot of change and a lot of upheaval at times but there has also been a lot of positivity - we're in a quarter-final of a European competition.
"We're very much happy to be in this place and giving ourselves the opportunity to progress here at the City Ground.
"We'd like to be higher up in the Premier League but that's life. We are where we are and it's about doing the business to make sure we're here next season."
