Northern Ireland v Azerbaijan Offical Match Programme

Having decided to continue his domestic and international career, Hughes is loving life in India as he samples a new culture and a new league. ,I I\TPEMRIH Ű-X W HIƤRMXIP] SR XLI YT ERH XLI OMHW PSZI JSSXFEPP 8LIVI MW E PSX SJ I\GMXIQIRX about it and people are fanatical about it so from that point of view it is really good. “The lifestyle is a totally different world. I've seen some amazing things, both good and bad, things I never thought I'd see, so from that point of view it has been great.” %RH XLI I\TIVMIRGIH HIJIRHIV GERŭX FIPMIZI LS[ diverse the cities in India are. He revealed: “I've been to a few different places so far. We had to go to Calcutta which is noisy and busy with people on top of each other on GVEQQIH FYWIW ERH PSXW SJ SPH FIEX YT XE\MW Ű8LIR XLIVIŭW XLI I\TIVMIRGI SJ KIXXMRK MR E XE\M without an MOT; it probably hasn’t seen an MOT ever! “I love the sights and sounds. You can get an Uber that is air conditioned and it is a bit nicer FYX MX MW RSX XLI I\TIVMIRGI - H VEXLIV KIX XLI SPH FIEX YT GEF ERH XLI I\TIVMIRGI “I enjoy seeing the hustle and bustle, all the stalls and street food. I'm there for the football but after it when I look back on it I think it will be SRI SJ XLI FIWX I\TIVMIRGIW SJ Q] PMJI ű ,YKLIW LEW I\TIVMIRGIH QER] LYKI KEQIW MR a glittering international career but he knows tonight’s clash with Azerbaijan could have a massive bearing on his country’s hopes of qualifying for World Cup 2018 in Russia. He said: “It's a big game but it's at home and [I KS MRXS MX JYPP SJ GSRƤHIRGI +EQIW PMOI Germany; you are not going to see that level of quality every week. To perform the way we did against such a quality German side is very encouraging and if we can take that performance into the Azerbaijan game then there is no reason why we can't get the result we want.” ;SVHW 1EVO 1G-RXSWL 8LI 7YR

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