Devon is a charming place for a vacation but completely horrible for the big boys in the FA Cup. The relief of Nuno Espirito Santo is from Nottingham Forest escaped from Exeter with an almighty fear and not the complete experience of Liverpool.
The fine line of distinction there was found in a penalty shootout, where the brave souls of Gary Caldwell finally lacked steam.
After an effort of sterling books which extends far beyond two hours, Reece Cole saved her kick, Angus Macdonald hit the bar and Forest went four for four, Neco Williams Forrant the winner. Nuno inflated these cheeks and he could.
But it was Ropey. And by Ropey, we could also say that it was great, because Exeter, 59 steps towards the south on the ladder, led an exceptional fight.
More than that, they led through Josh Magennis after five minutes and equalized via the same man after Ramon Sosa and Taiwo Awoniyi channeled this equality of fourth round to a more conventional result.
At 2-2, the League One even had the chance to win both before and after losing Ed turned to a red card during his beginnings.
Nottingham Forest needed a penalty shootout to exceed the city of Exeter of 10 men on Tuesday
Ed Turns received a red card during his beginnings, which means that Exeter was a short man in an additional time
Taiwo Awoniyi seemed to break his nose and was treated for 10 minutes before being stretched
But Gravity has a way of embarking on and the price of the forest will be a confrontation with Ipswich in the fifth round.
The cost, apart from the effort, was the disturbing injury to Awoniyi in time after a head confrontation with the goalkeeper of Exeter Joe Whitworth. He needed 10 minutes of treatment before leaving the ground on a stretcher.
To exercise, contentment will come from their best race since 1981. They could not match Plymouth by slaughtering Liverpool, but they rocked Nuno Hard.
As with the misadventures of Arne Slot in Plymouth, the forest director made 10 modifications to his side, but with a key difference – his bench was loaded in case life is delicate.
This is the case and more. In five minutes, the forest was late. They were right in their conviction that Magennis was offside when he poached the arrival, but in the absence of Var, there was no safety net.
In any case, Nuno’s reproaches would have been better directed against goalkeeper Carlos Miguel for having reversed the initial shot of Demetri Mitchell at the feet of the attacker.
The forest leveled through Sosa, before Waoniyi lets go low and hard from the edge of the area for 2-1.
This has undermined a large part of the sound of St James Park, but a context would be right – Awoniyi cost 17 million pounds sterling in 2022, which is an annual turnover almost triple Exeter.
The forest went four for four during the shooting and will face the city of Ipswich in the fifth round of the FA Cup
At this point, a procession seemed to be the most likely to follow, but five minutes after the start of the magennis blurred forced in a deviation off Willy Boly in a corner.
Nuno responded by calling on his first choice goalkeeper Matz Salts for Miguel, who had injured his hamstrings, and the pair of Elliot Anderson and Morgan Gibbs-White joined him.
The first salt contribution was a safeguard of Ilmari Niskanen, before Elliot Anderson and Gibbs-White approached the other end. Red turns red for a high knee challenge on Gibbs-White gave Forest the advantage, but after the long treatment for Awoniyi, Pat Jones almost stole the upheaval before Jota Silva shakes the post.
With Chris Wood joining the load of the bench, Forest had countless chances in more time, but Exeter would not move before the shooting.