LaLiga is one week away from returning for Real Madrid, who will play in the championship in 11 games. The break came to the white team in second place after losing the lead against Betis in Seville. Those of Zidane They are two points from Barcelona and the slogan in the locker room and in the club is to win the 11 remaining games to get the championship. Without forgetting the Champions League, the second leg match against Manchester City where they must go back the 1-2 that the English achieved at the Bernabéu.
To face all that and achieve one or two titles, at Real Madrid they cling to Eden Hazard. The Belgian has gone from not being able to play to being the great white hope. Zidane and the teammates are aware that if the Belgian is in perfect physical condition, it is the factor that unbalances the games.
And the truth is that Hazard is physically perfect. In training ValdebebaYes, the Belgian is surprising everyone by his physical condition. If in the preseason of July he arrived in low form and had a hard time getting in tune, now, he has taken great care in confinement. He has been treated by the club's physios to recover from the ankle operation and has followed the plan of Dupont, the Real Madrid fitness coach. All this has led to seeing a Hazard, who is perhaps at his best right now since joining Real Madrid.
The Belgian is showing in Valdebebas that he is eager to play again and shines in all the matches, which is great news for Zidane ahead of the return of the competition.
Zidane wants to go little by little
Zidane is one of the first surprised by how he is HazardBut the coach remains firm in his plan to go slowly with him. His plan is to give him minutes to avoid forcing him and that there is a risk of injury after all the time he has been inactive, since November.
A plan that will also continue with Asensio who has been without a knee injury since last July. The Balearic has. like Hazard, eager to play, but Zidane will be dosing him. What the coach does have clear is that his offensive trident for this final stretch of the competition will be formed Asensio, Benzema and Hazard.