He said it over and over once more, Carlo Ancelotti has no problem with Eden Hazard. Inevitably, the player maintains exemplary behavior, where Gareth Bale, for example, seems much less involved. But the Belgian does not really seem able to listen to the repetitive statements of the merengue coach, tired of the situation.
“The Italian considers that Eden has lost his verticality and that he brings very little to the Madrid game. With Benzema focused on the attack, he mightn’t find a place for him alongside Vinicius, Rodrygo or Asensio. These three always pass in front and sometimes he even prefers to bring in Valverde to avoid leaving the Uruguayan without any playing time. And in this case, the one who loses is always Hazard, who contains his anger towards Ancelotti at inside“, can we read in Marca.
This last sentence leads us to another image that had gone around the web. Remember, last January 20. Eden saved Real from a very bad pass in the King’s Cupscoring the decisive goal in overtime, a few minutes following being promoted while Real were reduced to 10. Ancelotti was in the angels, he had also said the next day that it was the meeting that made him the happiest of the whole season. A happiness that he had wished to celebrate on the ground by heading towards Eden Hazard to give him a hug. But once is not custom, the Belgian had cooled the situation, accepting a pat in the hand, without even looking at his coach. A symbolic and symptomatic image of a relationship that does not work.
“Eden does not create problems, but he is very hurt by Ancelotti. He does not understand his situation in the workforce and his lack of opportunities. The Belgian appeared to take off once morest Elche in the Cup, scoring the decisive goal in injury time with great class, but the Italian proved inflexible and hasn’t given him many more chances since then.”
And it is perhaps from this moment that the breaking point has been reached. Between the pretty things on display in December and that momentous moment in January, supporters have started to put their hopes back in Eden Hazard. The Spanish press as well. On the numerous groups dedicated to the club of the capital, very many fans began to express their dissatisfaction on the crying lack of playing time of the Devil and the stubbornness of Carlo Ancelotti. The latter, more and more contested, but which still retains the confidence of its leaders.
Almost three years following his arrival, Hazard has still not played a single minute in a Clasico, recalls Marca. He has not played at all since February 19. The outcome becomes more and more inevitable for the Brainois, if he wants to find the taste of the game, the taste of football. This sport that amused him so much as a kid. A kid who will have lost some of his illusions in the club of his dreams. Sometimes, some tales don’t have a nice beginning, a nice story, or a nice end.
