Hazard's second trial

It seems as if in his trip from England to Spain in 2019 Eden Hazard (29 years old) would have passed under five stairs or seven black cats would have been crossed. Since then his childhood dream, to play for Real Madrid, has become a story not to sleep. His premiere in white has had more worries than joys, what he himself recognized. “My first season is bad, although not everything has been negative. I will be judged in the second “, he said in an interview on RTBF in full confinement, still in March, as if anticipating that the return of football would not bring its best level with it. “It is up to me to be in good shape next year,” he added.

And in those walks now, taking care of the headdress right ankle and turning the page. The stoppage due to the coronavirus served to gain time and allowed him to get on the train of the League title (that of the Spanish Super Cup, in January, he saw it on television because he was injured), from which he had to go down in several stations For caution. Hazard reappeared as a starter against Eibar, but the subsequent accumulation of minutes and kicks slowed his progression. Between June and July, he added 338 minutes, participating in only 6 of the final 11 days, and received 50 fouls in 1,086 minutes overall. The bill shows an average of one every 21.72 minutes, which places him as the second most frequently punished player in the entire League, only behind Rafinha (20.95).

After that, at the appointment of all appointments, the round of 16 of the Champions League against City, He appeared without sufficient rhythm but also played without pain. However, and mainly due to a muscle injury and two bones, thus closed a disappointing first act for white: 1,545 minutes in 22 games (16 in the League and 6 in the Champions League), one goal and seven assists.

Individual sessions and minutes against Denmark with Belgium

The vast majority of Real Madrid did not appreciate the good side of that August 7, when the team fell in the Champions League, but the advance was significant for Hazard. Did not stand out, which implies that he stood out negatively, but his presence in the Etihad eleven and the absence of great annoyances invited optimism. The Belgian has been following a protocol around the right ankle for a long time. The aim is to protect an area in which he has been intervened twice, at Chelsea in 2017 and at Madrid in March 2020, in order to develop his game with a certain normality.

The mishaps suffered in the joint are not anecdotal, but they force him to refocus his career, something in which he influenced HLN your selector, Roberto Martínez: “He will need to control it (the ankle) his entire career, with treatments before and after games.” He has worked with the Spanish since Tuesday, concentrating with Belgium. The madridista thought not to travel to have a gesture with Madrid and do the preseason with Zidane, but Bob convinced him that he would do the best preparation for his team with his selection. So, he has followed an individual plan, almost always on the sidelines of the group, although he did not have minutes against Denmark, the key to catching up. You will enjoy them on Tuesday, when visiting Iceland, so he will not return to Spain in the middle of the window, as had been considered.