Euro 2020: De Bruyne and Hazard uncertain to face Italy in quarter-final tie
Football | June 29, 2021 10:16 ISTBelgium coach Roberto Martinez said there is a 50-50 chance the duo will play in Friday's quarterfinal match against Italy.
Belgium coach Roberto Martinez said there is a 50-50 chance the duo will play in Friday's quarterfinal match against Italy.
The nervousness and trepidation among Belgium fans was natural. Was Hazard injured? Again? In the end, there was no need to panic.
Axel Witsel will also play from the start in the game in St. Petersburg in Monday as Martinez looks to give three of his most important and experienced players some extra game time after their recent injury problems.
A video of the Madrid forward having fun with his former teammates after Madrid's loss on Wednesday attracted a lot of attention in Spain.
Hazard has made just nine appearances in La Liga in another injury-plagued season with his last showing in the 2-1 win at home to Elche in March.
The club said Monday that the Belgium playmaker has a muscle injury in his right leg, the latest of a series of problems that have kept him from playing much lately.
A year and a half later, many in Spain believe Hazard's ill fortune with injuries mean he will never be the star he was in the English Premier League.
Eden Hazard scored and set up Karim Benzema for his first of two goals as Real Madrid eased to a 4-1 victory at Alavés.
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Hazard took advantage of the starting nod by blasting home a strike to set Madrid on its way to ending a two-game home losing streak.
A year has gone by and the Belgium playmaker, who has had repeated injuries, has not played like the leader he was at Chelsea.
Neither player was summoned for Tuesday's training match against Getafe, the last for Madrid before its league opener on Sunday.
Eden Hazard joined Real Madrid from Chelsea before the start of the season for a reported sum of 130 million pounds.
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Hazard stated he will need to put in a lot of physical work in order to get back to full fitness before the season resumes.
Zidane said on Tuesday he also doesn't know exactly how long Hazard will be sidelined after breaking his lower right leg again during the weekend defeat at Levante in the Spanish league.
Eden Hazard has faced yet another injury which could potentially rule him out of the rest of the season.
Neymar picked Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pogba and Eden Hazard over Cristiano Ronaldo in his five-a-side dream team.
Madrid said Thursday that new tests found a micro-tear of a muscle that had gone undetected since the injury occurred on Nov. 26 in a 2-2 draw with Paris Saint-Germain.
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