{"id":93352,"date":"2025-05-11T18:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T18:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/93352\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T18:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T18:22:09","slug":"nottingham-forest-owner-storms-onto-pitch-to-confront-nuno-espirito-santo-in-extraordinary-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/93352\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest owner storms onto pitch to confront Nuno Espirito Santo in extraordinary scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis stormed onto the pitch to confront manager Nuno Espirito Santo following their 2-2 draw with Leicester City on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek businessman was spotted in a furious exchange with his manager at the final whistle at the City Ground.<\/p>\n<p>Marinakis charged onto the field as players and coaches were going through their post-match handshakes, making a bee-line for Nuno.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek appeared visibly frustrated, gesticulating animatedly during what seemed to be a forceful conversation with Nuno.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"42be7\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"98d323eeea97ad1f75b3a7788a5e0fed\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20712'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nottingham-forest-owner-evangelos-marinakis-stormed-onto-the-pitch-to-confront-manager-nuno-espirito.jpeg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"712\" alt=\"Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis stormed onto the pitch to confront manager Nuno Espirito Santo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis stormed onto the pitch to confront manager Nuno Espirito Santo<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses observed Marinakis throwing his hands up in the air as he spoke to the Forest boss in an angry manner.<\/p>\n<p>Nuno, for his part, looked resigned to the dressing down, stretching out his arms in an almost shrug-like gesture.<\/p>\n<p>The confrontation came as Forest&#8217;s Champions League hopes took another significant blow, with the club having slipped to seventh after being in the top three for much of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Forest were held to a 2-2 draw with already-relegated Leicester, missing the chance to move into the top-five after Chelsea&#8217;s defeat at Newcastle earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Wood&#8217;s 20th goal of the season had put them on course for victory against their East Midlands rivals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JUST IN: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/sport\/tennis\/emma-raducanu-italian-open-win-2671932738\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma Raducanu apologises after breaking rule during Italian Open comeback victory<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"02a46\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"2e1beba89fd13c6c473f38520da1de38\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202512%201585'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nuno-espirito-santo-appeared-to-take-his-public-dressing-down.jpg\" width=\"2512\" height=\"1585\" alt=\"Nuno Espirito Santo appeared to take his public dressing down\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nuno Espirito Santo appeared to take his public dressing down <\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports<\/p>\n<p>The incident was shown live on Sky Sports, prompting immediate reactions from pundits.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Carragher offered a blunt take on the scenes, responding: &#8220;Get off the pitch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fellow pundit Gary Neville went further, describing the owner&#8217;s actions as &#8220;scandalous&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The unsavoury scenes at the full-time whistle have overshadowed what was already a disappointing afternoon for Forest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LATEST SPORT NEWS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis went on the pitch at full-time to remonstrate with Nuno Espirito Santo after the 2-2 draw against Leicester \ud83c\udf33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CdAMHbhTwe\">pic.twitter.com\/CdAMHbhTwe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/1921587840837660951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the disappointing result, Forest have secured European football for next season, a remarkable achievement for the club.<\/p>\n<p>This will be Forest&#8217;s first European campaign in 30 years, marking a significant milestone in their recent resurgence.<\/p>\n<p>Even with their Champions League hopes dented, Nuno&#8217;s side still have two games remaining to try and secure a return to Europe&#8217;s premier club competition.<\/p>\n<p>They face a crucial final-day meeting with Chelsea, though they may need other results to go their way with Aston Villa, Manchester City or Newcastle needing to drop points.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis stormed onto the pitch to confront manager Nuno Espirito Santo following their 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