Manchester United defender Jonny Evans reveals there were times last season when he feared he would have to retire from football.
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"No, definitely ," Evans said when asked if he could have envisaged such a positive turnaround in his career.I couldn't have asked for a better day - Smyth on NI win "I've trained a lot, getting all that behind me, completing matches. Every time you complete a match, you think there's another one down.
Evans was reflecting on last season's potential retirement while preparing to captain his country once again when Slovenia come to Belfast on Tuesday for another Euro qualifier. "It's not like he was playing through something because obviously we could have taken him off, but he didn't alert us to anything. It is just something that has come on post-game."
They go into Tuesday evening's meeting with Group H leaders Slovenia, who won the reverse fixture 4-2 in September, 10 points adrift of them but determined to finish the campaign strongly. "They have probably been a surprise package but I still think they are beatable. I don't think we're too far away.
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