Brice Samba was the hero as he saved three penalties in the shootout to give Nottingham Forest their first Wembley appearance since 1992 after a 3-3 aggregate draw against Sheffield United
Samba, the mercurial French goalkeeper, saved from Oliver Norwood, Conor Hourihane and Morgan Gibbs-White to extend United’s hoodoo in the playoffs, in which they have now failed in nine attempts.play-off semi-final as Paul Heckingbottom’s team battled battle back from 3-1 down on aggregate to take Forest into extra time.
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