FA: Aina, Awoniyi Feater as Nottingham Forest Beat Ipswich with penalties

Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi were in action when Nottingham Forest reached the quarterfinals of the FA Cup thanks to a 5-4 penalty victory over the city of Ipswich on Monday night.

Aina was in action for 90 minutes, while Awoniyi was retired for Chris Wood with eight remaining minutes in the game.

Matz Sels was the hero of the forest, since he denied Jack Taylor after the first nine penalties became, sending the forest to the last eight for the first time since 2022.

The match was taken to the sanctions after the scores were level 1-1 after 120 minutes of football.

George Hirst nodded with Ipswich’s head in the 53rd minute before Ryan Yates drawn the forest level in the 68th minute.

Both parties pressed hard for a winner, but could not find a path before it was resolved through specific kicks.

Forest will now face Brighton and Hove Albion in the quarterfinals.

Los Rojos will look for a first FA Cup title since the 1958/1959 season.