Nottingham Forest star, 29, close to VOMITING in live TV interview after downing six pickle juices against Tottenham

The Irish Sun

22-04-2025

NOTTINGHAM FOREST defender Harry Toffolo revealed he drank SIX pickle juices to fight off cramp on his first league appearance since December.
It worked as his amazing goal-line clearance helped
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Harry Toffolo made the revelation about drinking pickle juice on TV after the game
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Harry Toffolo produced a superb goal line clearance on Monday
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It is a dream that the former Lincoln City defender is hellbent on achieving - to satisfy both his and sons' ambitions for the full-back to play in Europe's elite club competition for real.
Toffolo, 29, said: 'Some of us might never get the opportunity again to qualify for the Champions League and play Champions League football.
'I was playing League Two football five or six years ago, so to be in this position now is incredible and it gives you that extra incentive.
'I have the pressure of my boys at home saying 'We need Champions League, dad!'
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'He's always telling me on his career mode (on FC25) that he's got Champions League already, so he's one up on me!'
Forest raced into a two-goal lead at Spurs thanks to early goals from
But they survived a late onslaught from Tottenham, in part thanks to a stunning volley off the line from Toffolo to deny
It was Toffolo's first league start all season and his first appearance in any competition since a
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Understandably, it led to some painful cramp for which Toffolo went over the usual amount of pickle juice -
Toffolo described himself as 'absolutely knackered' in an entertaining exchange with Sky after the game, explaining: 'They give you this special pickle juice. It's supposed to stop cramp, but it didn't.
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'You normally have one or two and I took about six!
'I might possibly go and throw up in a minute because all I can taste is pickle in my mouth!
'I never knew I could get my leg that high (for the clearance). That's where the cramp started to happen!'
Third-placed Forest have five 'cup finals' to go to ensure they finish in the top five and make the Champions League.
But first they have an actual semi-final in the FA Cup against
Former
'The recruitment team have found a group of players and put them together and they work in tandem with each other. It's fantastic.
'We're excited, we're looking forward to the big day (the FA Cup semi-final). We're not nervous, we'll take it to City, we're looking forward to it.
'The manager I'm sure is going to come up with a gameplan that executes it well.
'We've done well against them at home getting the three points. They're not going to want to play us either. It should be an unbelievable day.'
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Chris Wood scored again for Forest as they inflicted another defeat on Spurs
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