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Pereira is no Turkey as he says Forest will play without fear and that winning is only aim

- BY JONATHAN VEAL and SARAH CLAPSON

NEW Nottingham Forest head coach Vitor Pereira says he will show no fear in the hotseat ahead of his first match tonight in Istanbul.

Pereira leads Forest into one of the most hostile atmospheres in the game against Fenerbahce in the Europa League playoff first leg – one of the Portuguese’s former clubs.

It is his first match since taking over from Sean Dyche last week, but he has vowed his team will play with “courage” in Istanbul.

“It's impossible to say that the target is not the next game,” he said. “The target is to win the next game.

“I never prepare my team to draw, never. The intention is to go there and face them with our tools and with our qualities, and try to get three points.