Bad news for Eden Hazard and for Real Madrid. As confirmed by Real Madrid, the Belgian has been dropped from the list for the game against Valladolid due to muscle problems.
This is the medical report published by the club: After the tests carried out today on our player Eden Hazard by Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with a muscle injury in his right leg. Pending evolution.
Hazard was the main novelty of Zidane's list, in addition to Asensio, two who had not yet entered any list, neither against Real Sociedad nor against Betis in the two previous days.
The Belgian arrived from the international break, where he began his preseason preparation, with certain discomfort in the right ankle, of which he was injured twice last year and for which he had to undergo surgery. He did specific work to strengthen that area in the first sessions in Valdebebas, where he also had to work to get in shape, as he reached above his ideal weight.
Hazard's injury comes just today, when it was known that he had been called up by Belgium for the duels with Ivory Coast (on Thursday 8 in Brussels), England (on Sunday 11 at Wembley) and Iceland (on Wednesday 14 in Reykjavik) , these last two from the League of Nations. Matches in which he will not be able to be since he will have to start a new recovery period.