Quarter FinalSecond Leg
The clubs met in Berlin three days after Forest had lost the league Cup Final to Wolves, where a collision between Shilton and Needham presented Andy Gray with thé only goal. Dynamo went immediately on the attack but Francis, playing centre-forward, was in inspired form. He scored from a Needham pass in the 15th minute and bagged another off the underside of thé bar twenty minutes later. In thé 38th minute Robertson was tripped in the box, took the penalty and scored. Although Terletzky converted a penalty early in the second half, Forest went through to the Semi-final against Ajax with a deserved 3-2 aggregate victory.
Having beaten the Romanians of Arges Pitesti with little difficulty, Nottingham Forest met Dynamo Berlin in the Quarter-Finals. In Nottingham the holders were frustrated by the strong East German defence, and were shocked when Hans-Jurgen Riediger scored on the counter-attack a goal that looked to have sent the European champions crashing out of the competition. The weekend before the second leg saw Dynamo score ten goals in their league match while Forest were beaten in the League Cup Final. With Kenny Burns out of the Forest defence due to suspension, the odds seemed to be very much against the cup holders. But the game in Berlin proved to be a showcase for the talents of Trevor Francis. Forest’s record signing had spent much of his time under Brian Clough playing on the right wing, but for this match he was pushed into attack and he soon showed why he had been worth paying £1 million for. After 35 minutes, Francis had scored twice to put Forest ahead, and when John Robertson was brought down for a penalty which he converted himself, the holders had incredibly wrapped up the tie before half-time. Despite scoring a penalty in the second half, there was no way back for Dynamo Berlin and Brian Clough had achieved yet another memorable European result to see his side through to the semi-finals.
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