Sunderland and Northern Ireland full-back Trai Hume is preparing for his second play-off campaign in less than a year.
He helpedSunderland to a 2-1 win over Sheffield United in the Championship play-off final in May 2025.
The former Linfield and Ballymena defender has risen from League One to the Premier League with the Black Cats.
The 24-year-old will call upon his experience with pressure whilst preparing for Northern Ireland's 2026 Fifa World Cup play-off semi-final with Italy in Bergamo tonight.
"It was definitely different," Hume said.
"The emotion going into the game and the pressure and what it meant. Playing in that game and getting promoted to the Premier League is life-changing, for your career, financially for your family, it changes everything.
"I think going through that experience, it was nervous and exciting, but you learn from that and you gain that experience and all the games after that come that little bit easier."
