After more than two months without treading the pitch with the Real Madrid jacket on his back, Eden Hazard was finally given the opportunity to show what he is capable of on Tuesday. Claiming that the Belgian was back in great shape in Madrid training, Carlo Ancelotti has (finally) decided to give him a chance, by starting him in the Copa del Rey, against the modest fourth division team of Cacereño. But, the least we can write is that the former captain of the Red Devils did not convince during the 67 minutes he spent on the meadow. Or rather the field, given the state of the field…
A performance that has since caused a lot of ink to flow in Spain. The Iberian press did not hesitate to attack the Brainois head-on, calling him “invisible” during this game, and considering that he “did not have the required level”, among other things. But that’s not all. This Wednesday, it was a Cacereño player who attacked the former Chelsea player.
In the columns of the Spanish daily AS, Carmelo Merenciano, a young winger from the fourth division club, went so far as to declare that our compatriot… was not at all concerned by this game! “Hazard? It’s like he doesn’t care about this game. He wasn’t asking for the ball, he wasn’t running… He went completely unnoticed in this encounter,” the 23-year-old explained.