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.

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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.”

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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

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“I love the sights and sounds. You can get an

Uber that is air conditioned and it is a bit nicer

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“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

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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

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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.”

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