Nottingham Forest kicked off the 2025/26 season in fashion with an emphatic 3-1 win over Brentford on the Metropolis Floor. For Forest’s goalkeeping coach Rui Barbosa, nonetheless, it was a day to neglect – although maybe he already has.
After Chris Wooden opened the scoring simply 5 minutes into the match, Barbosa celebrated wildly, leaping from his seat – solely to smash his head straight on the dugout, leaving him bleeding closely.
The Portuguese coach was rapidly attended to by medical personnel, with Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo revealing after the sport that Barbosa wanted stitches to repair a big lower on his head.
“He has six stitches!” Santo mentioned. “It was a nasty one. A nasty one. He was dizzy.”
As for the remainder of the match – which noticed Forest 3-0 up by half-time because of a brace from Wooden and a shocking diving header from summer season signing Dan Ndoye – Santo was unreservedly thrilled.
“I’m delighted,” he mentioned after the match. “The way in which we began the sport was superb. We performed nicely, we dominated, we managed the aim within the first 5 minutes settled the group and the power of the stadium.”
One factor’s for certain: Barbosa positively felt that power – and the sharp finish of the dugout – greater than most.
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