Hazard is no solution

Real Madrid is going through a deep crisis and Eden Hazard, who should have been the leader of this project, represents the club's moment like no one else. A year and a half after he landed at the Bernabéu, the Belgian is not … and the problem is that many begin to not wait for him.

Zidane protected him from the match against Alcoyano, despite the fact that Hazard needs to pick up the pace of the competition after overcoming his last injury. However, a setback in extra time caused a forced change that was not in the coach's plans. In the 98th minute Odriozola asked for the replacement when he began to suffer cramps: he had not played for 112 days (since September 30 against Valladolid). Zizou, who did not complete the call with field players to take two substitute goalkeepers (Courtois and Altube), had to pull the Belgian.

Eden, far from being a solution, was one more part of the problem. Apathetic, imprecise and without leaving any dangerous play. He was on the field in the most dramatic moments for Madrid and was not able to contribute anything to the team.

That performance leaves him marked again on a day in which Zidane had planned that he would see the entire match from the bench except in an extreme emergency, as it happened. Now, all the lights are going to be on him because time is running out.

Madrid has a very complicated League and in the Champions League it left many doubts in the group stage. Meanwhile, the Belgian has only contributed three goals since he arrived at the club (two this season and one the previous one). Data that is far from what Madrid expected when it paid 100 million more variables in 2019 to make it the flag of Zidane's new project. That is why Hazard, who until now has been more of a headache than a solution, is facing his last chance. It's now or never…