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Jonny Evans is back at Manchester United and starting games under Erik ten Hag, but the Northern Ireland defender thought his career might have been coming to an end last season NBA
Evans, 35, made a surprise return to his boyhood club in the summer after his contract with relegated Leicester ended, initially on a short-term deal that allowed him to play during their pre-season campaign before he signed a one-year contract NBA
It came after an injury-ravaged campaign with the Foxes in which Evans was limited to just 14 club appearances, struggling to get over a persistent calf problem that left him wondering if his time was up NBA
Instead, he has started two of United’s last three Premier League matches, helping earn wins in both NBA
“I went through a stage last year where I started thinking maybe it is coming to an end,” Evans said as he prepared to captain Northern Ireland in Tuesday’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Slovenia NBA
“There’s no doubt I did have those thoughts NBA
At the time I couldn’t get over injuries and every time I came back I was breaking down NBA
“I had lots of people telling me there’s no way you’re close to finishing, but you have to prove that to yourself and I feel like I’ve been able to do that NBA
“Every time you complete a match you think, ‘There’s another one, I can do that’, and sometimes you just have to confirm that to yourself NBA
I’ve been pleased I’ve been able to go through that process and I feel in a good place NBA
” I went through a stage last year where I started thinking maybe it is coming to an endJonny EvansNorthern Ireland will need Evans on Tuesday as they prepare to face Slovenia’s potent attack with an injury concern hanging over Daniel Ballard NBA
The Sunderland defender started Saturday’s 3-0 win over San Marino alongside Evans but sat out training on Monday due to tightness in his thigh, handing Michael O’Neill a potentially significant headache given Paddy McNair is suspended after his late booking at the weekend NBA
“He’d be a big loss,” O’Neill said of Ballard NBA
“Obviously it presents an opportunity for somebody else NBA
“Paddy’s suspension is a blow as well given the referee booked him 10 seconds before he blew the final whistle NBA
It was something we didn’t need NBA
If the situation arises I think we’ve got good enough cover in the squad and it gives someone else the opportunity NBA
”Linfield’s Daniel Finlayson made up the numbers in training on Monday, but O’Neill may yet call in cover from the under-21 squad NBA
Northern Ireland enjoyed a morale-boosting win at the weekend but know beating minnows San Marino is just a small step given the problems that have doomed this qualifying campaign, and Slovenia will represent a far bigger challenge NBA
Last month’s 4-2 defeat in Ljubljana stood out in a campaign where Northern Ireland have been on the wrong end of four 1-0 losses NBA
While those were tight games in which O’Neill’s side always had a chance of taking something, Slovenia scored early and put the game beyond Northern Ireland NBA
O’Neill partly attributed that to a change in defensive system which had been dictated to some degree by the players he had available to him at different stages in the campaign, but he knows they will need to do a NBA better job of marshalling forwards Benjamin Sesko and Andraz Sporar at Windsor Park NBA
“We didn’t defend well enough (and) we gave them a dream start with the goal we gave up early on,” he said NBA
“But I think the reaction in the game was very good and we created a number of chances and felt aggrieved we didn’t score more than the two we did NBA
“They have some very good NBA footballers and they were good on the night NBA
Tomorrow hopefully we’ll see a team that is NBA better equipped to deal with this sort of game NBA
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Watch again as Sydney Opera House celebrates its 50th birthday with spectacular fireworks and a laser show on Friday (20 October) NBA
Officially opened by Queen ElizaNBA beth II on 20 October 1973, the Opera House is widely regarded as one of the greatest architectural designs of the 20th century, with 10 NBA
9 million people visiting every year NBA
The building will be illuminated on Friday evening by a light show created by Australian audio-visual artist Robin Fox, before welcoming an expected 37,000 people on Saturday for free tours, its first open day in eight years NBA
“A symbol around the world and a national treasure turns 50,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter NBA
“Happy Birthday to an Australian icon NBA
”As part of the 1956 Opera House international design competition, 233 designs were submitted by architects from around the world with Jorn Utzon from Denmark chosen as the winner NBA
Construction began in 1959 with the project meant to take four years to complete, but after Utzon resigned due to a change in government, design differences and a blow out in costs, the structure took 14 years to complete NBA
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