Eden Hazard announced this Tuesday, October 10, his retirement from professional football at the age of 32. The Belgian prematurely ended a career marked by his explosion in Chelseawhere he became one of the best players in premier within XXI centuryand due to an unstoppable decline as a result of injuries since he signed for Madrid in 2019 and he was finally forced to hang up his boots.
“You have to know how to listen to yourself and say enough at the right moment. After 16 years of career and more than 700 games played, I decided to end my career as a professional footballer,” he wrote in Belgian on Instagram.
He signed Madrid in the price of gold (130 million euros) and in the endorsement of its performance in Chelsea and in the Belgian team, of which he is the captain, Hazard Arrived at Chamartin with a superstar sign.
His ease in one-on-ones, his creativity and vision of the game, his ability to ask for the ball and assume responsibilities in moments of greatest tension and his decisiveness in matches made him is one of the best players of his generation and a footballer.of the taste of Florentine Perezorphan of Galactic since Cristiano Ronaldo he went to Juventus.
However, his journey to Madrid It didn’t start off on the right foot. The white ‘7’ has the reputation of not being a footballer who loves training and lived up to his immense talent and got to Bernabeu overweight, a fact that turned a good portion of white fans against him.
Hazard took longer than necessary to settle between minor muscle injuries and lack of rhythm. In his first months at Madridhas already missed more games due to physical problems than in his 7 seasons at Chelsea.
The fateful November 26
however, Zidane He did not stop trusting the Belgian because he saw that the young man was very green. Vinicius, which he doesn’t quite listen to. The French coach waited for him and in mid-November the Belgian began to leave until, on November 26, 2019, he achieved his best and only remarkable performance in white.
He Madrid received a PSG in the group stage of Champions and Hazard He pulled out of his hat his entire repertoire of dribbles, feints, changes of pace and combinations. For the first time (and ultimately the last time), the former Chelsea won several ovations from dignitaries Chamartin.
With the score 1-0, midway through the second half, however, came the moment that marked the end of the race. Hazard. Meunierhis compatriot and ally, caught him in a bad way with a mistimed, too hard and out of place kick. Hazardwho tore ligaments in his right ankle, was unable to continue on the field of play and that’s when his ordeal began.
The Belgian opted for conservative treatment that didn’t work, he was out for almost three months, and underwent surgery in Dallas in March 2020 to place a metal plate in the affected area. Far from solving the problem, the operation was unsuccessful and the winger played with the pain irregularly for months. Then it appeared Vinicius and the Madrid He never misses the best Hazard.
Two years after the badge was placed on him, it was removed, but his performance did not improve despite the fact that Ancelotti initially trusted the Belgian. Yes explosive Vini together Carletto and physical problems Hazard They ended up in the Belgian buried in the bank.
The numbers at the end with Madrid They speak for themselves: 4 seasons, 76 games, 7 goals and 9 assists. If you ever had a chance to succeed in white, the kick of Meunier and a series of injuries cut him off forever. A genius, invisible to Madridthe boots at 32 years old.
Source: La Verdad
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