Madrid (AFP)
Eden Hazard is "100% sidelined" for the Spanish Super Cup, French Real Madrid coach Zinédine Zidane announced Friday at a press conference.
"He is 100% ruled out for the Super Cup. He will not come. This is his normal recovery. I only hope that he can come back with us little by little just after the Super Cup," said Zidane Friday morning .
The competition, to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from January 8 to 12, will begin on Wednesday with a semi-final between Real Madrid and Valencia. The other semi-final will oppose FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid on Thursday.
Belgian striker Eden Hazard (28, 105) was hit in the right ankle during contact with compatriot Thomas Meunier against Paris SG in the Champions League on November 26 (2-2).
A simple "perimaleolar contusion" was first detected in the player, who was to be unavailable for ten days ... But the "microfracture" detected in early December in the same place extended his absence until January 2020.
For its first game of the year, Real Madrid will face Getafe, a surprising sixth in the Spanish Liga, on Saturday at 4 p.m. (3 p.m. GMT).
"It’s been a long time since I stopped asking things to the three wise men, but I wish me and my team to keep improving every day, because we will need it," said "Zizou" for its first appearance of the year before the press.
"In 2020, I just hope that we will continue our momentum. We had difficulties at the beginning, but we ended very well. Even if we did not win our last two matches, in content, it was very good, so that it continues like that in 2020 ", he concluded.
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