Hazard and the minutes of the garbage

Eight minutes against Villarrealeight minutes against PSG and five minutes against Alaves. In total, 21 minutes of play has accumulated Eden Hazard in the last three games played by the Real Madrid in one of the most important weeks of the season.

The Belgian footballer seems definitively relegated to the minutes of the garbage for a Carlo Ancelotti who has very clear priorities in attack. to the immovable Benzema and Vinicius has joined now Marco Asensiodecisive in the last two league wins against Granada and Alaveswhile the first option as a trigger is still Rodrygo.

The former soccer player Chelsea his head rears its head slowly this campaign, in which he has participated in 22 of the 37 games that the Real Madridnine of them as starters and with only one duel completed from start to finish: that of Cádiz at Bernabeu which ended 0-0. Those nine starts went to Alaves on the first day (victory, 1-4), Levante (3-3), Celtic (victoria, 5-2), Valencia (victoria, 1-2), Cádiz (0-0), Athletic (victoria, 1-2), Alcoyan (1-3) and Elche (2-2).

The last time he was in the eleven was against the Elche team at the Bernabéu on January 23, almost a month ago. In both games of the Spain Supercupas well as in the elimination copera in San Mames, Hazard did not play a single minute despite the difficulties that the game went through Madrid.

Total, Hazard he has added 877 minutes of play in 22 games, which gives an average of almost 40 minutes each time he has been on the pitch. With hardly any continuity, he has only been able to score one goal (in extra time against Elche on Cup) throughout the course. Although Ancelotti ensure that you do not have any personal problem with the player or that Hazard is physically well, it seems clear that the Belgian is increasingly cornered.

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