Belgium national team coach defends Eden Hazard from criticism from Real Madrid fans

TRIBUNGORONTALO.COM – Spell Eden Hazard on the team real Madrid now increasingly uncertain, having fallen behind Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo and even Marco Asensio in the priority attack line.

The former Chelsea player has faced more criticism not only for his performances but also for his fitness.

Many fans criticized the striker at the start of the season, calling him overweight.

However, recently the manager of the national team Belgium Roberto Martinez slammed fans for calling out Hazard due to his fitness.

“Eden Hazard can have a bad game and can have moments when he’s not at his best. People say it’s because of his body shape or he’s carrying too much body fat.

“Well, he wears the same body fat when he makes a difference. You have to understand that it’s a talent-based player and not a physical-based player that he brings to the game.” Martinez said in an interview with talkSPORT quoted by Marca, Wednesday (11/02/2022).

Hazard can only score seven goals for real Madrid in all competitions, but he has an exceptional record against Belgium. He made 122 appearances for his country, scoring 33 goals.

“He has the power to take people into this one-on-one action. If he’s not playing well, then the easy comment, the lazy comment, is that he’s not as skinny or as athletic as he should be.

“I think that’s an irrelevant comment and I see it as a lazy comment. Eden can have good games and bad games, but he’s always in the same form.” Martinez explained.

With the World Cup less than three weeks away, Hazard hopes to play a major role for his country and help the team Belgium the highly talented secured the coveted title for the first time.

The Red Devils will start their campaign on November 23 when they face Canada at the Al Rayyan Stadium.

hurt again

Eden Hazard is starting to get frustrated with his position due to lack of minutes.

Speaking in a FIFA interview ahead of the World Cup, Hazard stressed that he feels good in his current state and thinks he just needs a chance to prove himself.

“It’s complicated. There were a lot of things (that had an impact), injuries, doubts and everything that goes with it. But now everything is back to normal.

“I only hope for one thing, to be able to show on the pitch that I am still ‘on top’, there is not much to say about that.” Hazard told Mundo Depotivo.

Unfortunately, Hazard picked up an injury in training and won’t play the game. real Madrid against Celtic this morning.

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