Hazard raises doubts

Something happens with Hazard. Real Madrid ends June and the Belgian is still anchored in a single goal with Real Madrid. Almost nine months have passed since that scoring debut against Granada (October 5) and since then He has participated in 12 games in which he did not succeed. Twenty-six shots for that lone goal. Hazard is a footballer for the club of a hundred million and right now there are fifteen players from the madridista squad who have scored more goals than him…

At the start of the season, he was overweight, above what he used to do every summer at Chelsea. Licenses for a star who has always carburized when titles are won. Hazard himself knows this. Maybe that's why during the break he recognized that assaults on the refrigerator were self-censoring But now, that he is much better with the scale, the goal remains elusive. “You have to be patient with him, the best Hazard is going to be seen soon,” Zidane insisted yesterday.. If he first got rid of Benzema, who now defends himself, the coach is willing to do the same with another of his footballers. “He has returned from a difficult injury and it is just that goal, because Eden works a lot on defense, I am happy.”

“You have to demand more …”

Hazard is involved in covering, he runs, but the glare disappears when he snaps. At the RCDE Stadium it was almost invisible. In the first half against Espanyol, they only touched fewer balls than he Courtois and Benzema, who was saving herself to dust off the heel later. “It's time to start demanding more from Hazard”Álvaro Benito reflected aloud in Carousel.

It won't be because Zidane isn't giving him as much reel as possible. Less in the Reale Arena, Eden has started in the other four games of “la Coronavirus League”, as Ramos defined it. The one from Espanyol was the first away from home. Zizou took him away in the 62nd minute, partly because the attacker had suffered a blow, although in principle that impact was not serious and would not remove him from the game against Getafe next Thursday (22:00 hours).

Hazard ended the match with a stunted auction, two dribbles, ice on the ankle and few jokes on the bench. Unlike Bale, it does sting him.