Real Madrid’s Eden Hazard (31) continues to struggle.
Real Madrid won 1-0 against Casereno on the 4th (hereinafter Korean time) in the 3rd round of the Copa del Rey (Round of 32) in the 2022-23 season.
Casereño is a team belonging to the 4th division. Real Madrid fought a tough game despite their superiority in power. Rodrygo scored in the 24th minute of the second half to advance to the next round.
On this day, Azar came out as a starter after a long time. Hazard, who started on the left wing, had to come to the bench without being able to play full-time.
Hazard, who has only one goal and one assist in seven games this season, has been given many opportunities for a long time, but has not been able to save them. Local media raised their voices of criticism.스포츠토토
The British media ‘Express’ quoted a report from the Spanish media ‘Mundo Deportivo’ on the 4th and said, “Hazard never succeeded in dribbling that day,” and “played in his favorite position, but failed to threaten the opponent’s defense.” said.
“Hazard touched the ball 24 times during the game. He lost the ball 5 times,” he added.
The Azar contract ends in June 2024. He is becoming the subject of reports that he may move his team every transfer window. The media mentioned, “There is not much interest in Azar, so it seems difficult to break up in January. It seems that he will transfer in the summer.”
Hazard joined Real Madrid from Chelsea in the winter of 2019. Real Madrid boldly invested in him with less than a year left on his contract. The transfer fee was a whopping 100 million euros (approximately 135 billion won). Here, he expressed great expectations by giving the number 7, which was used by legend Cristiano Ronaldo.
Contrary to expectations, the appearance of commanding the English Premier League (PL) has disappeared. He has been plagued with injuries since his transfer. He is showing a shabby record of 7 goals and 11 assists in a total of 73 games wearing a Real Madrid uniform.
Hazard, who has not contributed to the team due to frequent injuries and poor condition due to high wages, is expected to leave the team. Most recently, he has been linked with Newcastle United and Chelsea, but no transfers have been finalized.