NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Nottingham Forest hosts Porto in the Europa League later on Thursday, just two days after Sean Dyche became the club’s third manager of the season.
Struggling Forest is hoping for its first win in the competition. It only earned a point in the previous two games in the English team’s return to Europe after an absence of almost three decades.
Former Burnley and Everton manager Dyche replaced Ange Postecoglou, who was fired in ruthless fashion on Saturday around 20 minutes after Forest’s 3-0 home loss to Chelsea that left the team in the Premier League relegation zone.
Postecoglou had only been in the job for 39 days and didn’t win any of his eight matches in charge, having taken over from the fired Nuno Espirito Santo.
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