Overview

• Taiwo Awoniyi suffered a ruptured intestine after colliding with a goalpost during Nottingham Forest's 2-2 draw with Leicester City on May 11 and underwent urgent two-stage surgery.
• He was placed in an induced coma to aid his recovery but has since been awakened, is out of sedation, and is recovering well under hospital observation for at least five days.
• Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo described the outlook as positive, emphasizing the difficulty of the situation but expressing hope Awoniyi could rejoin the team environment next week.
• Club owner Evangelos Marinakis criticized the decision to allow Awoniyi to briefly continue playing after the injury and has launched an internal review into the handling of the incident.
• The incident has reignited debate over delayed offside flagging under IFAB's VAR-era guidelines, with calls for changes to prioritize player safety in clear offside situations.