When Eden Hazard joined Real Madrid from Chelsea for € 100 million in 2019, many thought it would take a catapult to the next level.
The Belgian had spent seven seasons at Stamford Bridge and established himself as one of the best players in the Premier League.
But to establish himself as one of the best players in the world – and rivals Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo – he needed to move to Real Madrid or Barcelona.
Real came calling and everyone was thrilled to see Hazard shine in La Liga.
However, a few months later, Hazard suffered an ankle injury against Paris Saint-Germain in a Champions League tie after an attack from Thomas Meunier, a Belgian team player. Injuries were supposed to be kept out for 10 days but he went on to miss 16 games in all competitions.
And it’s been a starting point ever since.
He picked up a ‘fracture to his right distal fibula’ when he returned before needing surgery on his finger. Then came the pandemic coronavirus infection.
It’s now back to normal but it’s not going well.
On Thursday, Real Madrid suffered a Spanish Super Cup loss to Athletic Bilbao. Hazard played 67 minutes through the 2-1 loss before being substituted.
And his achievement prompted Spanish Spaniard AS to write a very damaging report about his time at Los Blancos so far.
Achieving ambitions during the loss has emerged and, in fact, it makes him look that his achievement was not too bad.
But AS did not hold back in their assessment.
The headline says: “There is no place for danger.”
The following is a difficult read for any Danger fan.
From “Star to headache” it begins.
On his performance against Bilbao, they wrote that it was “an anodyne version of No. 7: ineffective in game, incapable of generating dangerous situations, bare and with a tendency to disappear from the playing field with every minute which will pass. ”
They said: “Eden is going from bad to worse. ”
The report illuminates a minute in the 12th minute that summarized Hazard’s ineffectiveness.
They described him as “getting a ball from Casemiro within the area, but clearly did not know what to do: Does he shoot, (He only made one picture in 67 minutes), or taking on a punishment that never came … he was persistent: he wanted and couldn’t (or didn’t know), he choked when he was in front of defenders. The bad thing is that he starts repeating concerts like this. And the rumor that he doesn’t deserve to be a starter is starting to run through Madrid fan circles. ”
They conclude: “Madrid is waiting for him and there is no time. Eden has no place for now. He’s looking for it, but he has to win: with shows like against Osasuna or against Athletic, no short-term solution is seen
Hazard’s dream movement turns into something of a nightmare right now.
Even his manager, Zinedine Zidane, admitted that he struggles with confidence.
“He needs to regain confidence, play a good game or score a goal, just to do something different. We know what a good player is and we have to be patient with how he is. working hard, “Zidane told reporters.
“We’re behind it and we need to give it time. The fans want to see the best version of Eden so we have to be patient. We’re sticking with it and it really wants But today it was not just Eden, we are all here together. “
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