Nottingham Forest’s Nicolao Dumitru scored the winner for their under-23 side.
Nottingham Forest’s poor recruitment last summer has been a contributory factor to their poor league position of 19th place.
One of the players who has failed to hit it off is Nicolao Dumitru, who is on a season long loan from Napoli.
Dumitru is on his seventh loan away from Napoli, after spending last season at Serie B side Latina.
Nottingham Forest’s Nicolao Dumitru-Cardosa celebrates
His Forest career has got off to a slow start, Dumitru has made 13 appearances in total, scoring once, in a 3-1 loss to Newcastle.
Last night he was in action for the under-23s, having missed the weekend win over Bristol City, dropped by caretaker manager Gary Brazil.
Nottingham Forest caretaker manager Gary Brazil
He at least made an impact, managing to convert a through ball to give Forest a last gasp 2-1 winner over Brighton and Hove Albion.
Forest face Leeds United on Wednesday night, and the loanee will hope his goal is enough to bring him back into contention.
Fans reacted with surprise, and worry, to learning of Dumitru’s late effort…
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