A door opens to Hazard

There is hope for Eden Hazard. The 30-year-old Belgian has been relegated in recent games to a very secondary role. Visit to the Shakhtar apart, when he did not travel to Kiev due to physical problems, In the last four games he has been available to Ancelotti, the coach has barely given him 44 minutes of play. But the circumstances give him a new opportunity to play and convince his coach. When the Italian coach had found in Rodrygo the third piece of the white attack, the injury of the Brazilian, waiting to know its scope, puts Carletto before the situation of looking for a new solution to the third member of his offensive trident.

Ancelotti started the season with Hazard in mind. He initially bet on the BBH, the trident with Benzema and Bale that two years ago did not work for Zidane. But he ended up surrendered to the evidence of Vinicius’s performance, which ended up displacing Eden. “The problem with Hazard is that now the coach prefers someone else,” Ancelotti said recently. After the match in Elche, the Madrid coach gave the recipe for the attitude that substitutes must maintain. “A player has to be like that. If he doesn’t play, he has to endure and when his time comes, do well”He said referring to the good role of Mariano, who enjoyed his first minutes of the season, and also as a starter, at Martínez Valero.

The coach hopes to have the best Hazard: “I am sure that this season he will have his best version and he will play more than he is doing now. He has absolutely everything. He has all the characteristics of a player who plays for Real Madrid: quality, motivation … But it has to endure, “he insisted Carletto in your recipe for alternates.

Circumstances have come together to grant a new opportunity to the Belgian international. Rodrygo, new tenant of the right winger, is doubtful for Shakhtar, waiting to know the real extent of his injury. Asensio, a replacement for the Brazilian in Elche, tiptoed through the game, something that is becoming an unfortunate habit for the Balearic Islands. Ancelotti does not have Bale until, at least, the Rayo Vallecano match (Saturday, November 6). And fresh out of a two-month injury, it seems premature to see the Welsh starter. Hazard’s main competition comes down to Lucas Vázquez, but the Galician is dedicated to the right back while Carvajal reaches an optimal point of form.

Eden has only started one of Madrid’s last eight games. With Vinicius indisputable (“We are satisfied with him, with his games and he will continue, unless he needs to rest or does not maintain this level of performance. He is very young and recovers better than others”, said Ancelotti on Friday), the technician has tried to reposition Hazard to the right and fit him in a change of drawing from which the transalpine coach ended up giving up. He has played 408 minutes, which places him as the 14th player in the white squad in participation. Against Shakhtar, Hazard may have a new opportunity.