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9th October 2021
10:45am BST

Jason Knight must wait a few more days for another opportunity to wear that green jersey. (Credit: Sportsfile)[/caption]
Elsewhere, illness has ruled out Derby County midfielder Jason Knight. Having missed the September qualifiers after being injured in training by boss Wayne Rooney, Knight would have been hoping to come straight back into the Ireland XI.
Both he and Idah had reported sick, earlier in the week. Knight did some training in Azerbaijan's Olympic Stadium, on Friday, but he has not been deemed close to 100% and will sit this one out. He, too, will be aiming for game-time agains Qatar.
Kenny does have a ream of other midfield options, with Jeff Hendrick and Josh Cullen likely to start in the centre of the park. Conor Hourihane and Harry Arter are other options at Kenny's disposal.
"It's a game we're desperate to win and we'll be doing everything we can to get that done," Ireland defender John Egan said at a Friday press briefing.
"Azerbaijan are a difficult outfit as they showed in Dublin but we know that if we can play the way we know we can play, we will get the victory we need and want as a group."
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