"These are things I can't explain."
Even Zinédine Zidane expresses his disbelief at the curse that has struck Eden Hazard since his arrival at Real Madrid in the summer of 2019. Again injured, this time in the right psoas, the 30-year-old Belgian striker will miss the reception of the Atalanta in the round of 16 second leg of the Champions League this Tuesday (9 p.m., 1-0 in the first leg).
And his club, which announced the painful on Monday, no longer even dares to consider a return date.
“I hope it won't be a big deal.
He's a player who hasn't had an injury in his career, I can't tell you anything more ... We're with him, we're helping him, and we hope he'll come back soon to help us, because we need Eden ”, assured his trainer on the eve of the meeting.
"A chronic relapse"
A game, moreover decisive, that he will miss, like 52 of the 88 which he could have claimed to play with the Galactics.
His quarter of an hour of play against Elche on Saturday (2-1), after a month and a half of absence, is finally a brief interlude.
Rarely injured before his arrival in Spain - he had notably chained 106 meetings with Lille in four years -, Eden Hazard is unlucky.
And his case inevitably worries as far as Belgium, where Kristof Sas, one of the doctors of the selection, evoked a certain form of fatality, more than a coincidence, in February in
The Last Hour
: "The case of Eden Hazard is more worrying because its situation is very specific.
This is a chronic relapse. ”
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A relapse that will once again remove the Red Devil from the field for several weeks, when he already has more than 300 days of forced rest.
So far, the former Lille has played only 40% of Real Madrid matches.
A starving total in view of the investment made by the White House in 2019: 115 million euros, 160 according to Belgian sources.
Arrived in the shoes of the designated replacement of Cristiano Ronaldo, gone to Juventus, the former Chelsea star is a resounding flop with his four small goals scored in 36 matches with the Merengues, elevating him to the rank of the player. less profitable in La Liga according to a study.
A story that he had imagined differently with his "dream club", with which he took a long time to start, the fault of five extra kilos at the start.
A warning sign?
“Eden has had no luck since arriving in Madrid, deplores his teammate Karim Benzema.
It makes me a little sad for him, everyone knows he's a great player, who can help us a lot on the pitch.
He too is sad. ”
He could miss the Euro
The Spanish press, which evokes a "crystal player", agrees on a starting point.
The tackle of his compatriot Thomas Meunier during Real Madrid-PSG on November 26, 2019 (2-2).
Unavailable for nearly three months then, due to an injury to the right ankle, the native of La Louvière was never able to continue afterwards.
“Not only does he lack rhythm but he can't get out of this vicious circle, it's a real problem.
The situation is not yet dramatic, but it is becoming more and more urgent for it to come out of this spiral.
Because a footballer like him needs to be able to string together matches and find rhythm with consistency, ”continues the Red Devils doctor.
# LoMásComentado ¡¡Hazard vuelve a caer !!
Lesión en el psoas derecho https://t.co/6tl6K3dPs3
- MARCA (@marca) March 16, 2021
And the latter, as well as his whole country, could take his trouble patiently before finding their jewel since
Marca
evokes the possibility of a new operation, a year after that undergone in Dallas in March 2020. Placed on his right ankle since 2017 , a titanium plate could be simply removed, when it is considered to be the source of all its ailments internally.
One thing is certain, in the event of an operation, the captain of the Belgian selection should miss the Euro (June 11 to July 11).
After "the worst season of (his) career" by his own admission last June, it is a new way of the cross that Eden Hazard is going through, unable to get out of this nightmare.
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