However, with a 570-mile road trip avoided, Hodgson was in an altogether more relaxed mood about the fixture as he spoke to reporters before his team's training session at the Hamburg Arena.

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I'd been training with the Sansa Clip Zip for two months when it abruptly began having mood swings.

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