The most important signing of Real Madrid this season, Eden Hazard, defended that he is 100% physically once recovered from the injury that marked his start of the season, admitted that he knows that “people expect” a lot from him and that he is missing "a goal or an assist to start tracing".

"I feel good, it is true that people expect a lot from me and me too. Personally I can do better. There will always be criticism, it is normal, I am also critical of myself but I work every day to improve and we will do great things this year, "he defended at a press conference.

"Honestly, right now I feel one hundred percent, I am no longer injured and now I just need to score goals and be decisive. It's what everyone expects of me and when I start doing it in several games everything will be easier. Simply I'm missing a goal or an assist to start tracing, "he added.

As he defended the day of his massive presentation at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, Hazard does not feel a "galactic" and must demonstrate much to achieve it. He also showed the responsibility he feels for carrying a dorsal full of history in Real Madrid as the 7. "As I said in my presentation, I do not feel a galactic yet, I have to be the one to prove that I can be. All give the maximum for this club and I have to do the same. I know very well the past of number 7 in this club and I am the first one that I have to prove that I can be the best in the world. I do not doubt my abilities or my technique, once I have all trust will be better, "he said.

The Belgian was comprehensive with criticism and with the high expectations of his performance. "The criticisms are normal, they do not affect me or I never look at them. I know when I work well and give my best, I have had an injury and everyone expects me to score three goals per game but we have to wait a bit, have patience, and like my whole career I will do my best and the goals will come. "

"I know that people expect a lot from me. They have seen everything I did in my past and I have to prove my level, improve it even so that the fans are proud of me," he added.

The ballast of the injury

And he hid himself in the injury he suffered at a bad time, which prevented him from completing a good preseason, as the main factor of his poor performance. "I arrived late for being injured, but I hope to reach one hundred percent in the next games."

Hazard admits that he feels all the "trust" of Zinedine Zidane , with whom he usually talks. "He told me to try more, to do what I know how to do and I am the one who has to give one hundred percent on the pitch. I am already recovered, I have to be the one to step forward and make a difference. Once you start doing it, everything in football is trust. "

In addition, he showed his admiration for his coach, who was his idol as a player. "We all learn when your coach is Zidane. Simply when he speaks, you learn a lot. I speak with him in French and he helps me to talk more. It helps me a lot."

The position in which Hazard is playing in Real Madrid, on the left wing, does not think it is affecting him because he has freedom of movement in attack. "With Belgium and Chelsea I have always played in the extremes, left or right. With Karim or Bale we can play in any top position because the coach gives us a lot of freedom. We also have to defend but with the ball we are quite free and change during the game to do its best, "he analyzed.

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