Hazard's sincerity: "I'm tired, my physical ideal point will come soon"
Chronicle: A whip from Hazard wakes up Madrid
June 2019. In an office at the
Bernabéu
,
Florentino Pérez
,
José Ángel Sánchez
and
Zinedine Zidane
-president, general manager and coach-, the three highest sports authorities of Real Madrid, draw an eleven headline with the following forward: Hazard, Benzema and Asensio.
The signing of the Belgian covered the gap on the left of the superstar who left a year before for
Juventus
, the faith in the young Mallorcan was still intact, despite his bad 2018/19 course, and Benzema could not argue with him after break thrashing like never before after the departure of
Cristiano Ronaldo
.
The plan would not last long because of the injuries, very serious those of
Asensio
and the Belgian.
The coach had no choice then, last season, but to improvise offensive solutions, between
Rodrygo
and
Vinicius
, to end up winning the League once the confinement was over.
This Saturday against
Huesca
in
Valdebebas
, Zidane was finally able to put together in the starting team the trio called to take over from the famous BBC.
The 3-0 at 55 minutes defined that the formula had worked.
The scoreboard made up the 40-minute white jam against the well-planted
Huesca
, who like Cádiz 15 days ago had his options to get
Courtois
into trouble
.
Even with Hazard, Real Madrid was still thick with offensive ideas.
He insisted through the center, colliding again and again with Michel's strong centrals.
The key was found precisely by the Belgian with one of those actions that the white fan expects a player of his category to make: a great goal with a shot almost 30 meters from
Andrés Fernández's
goal
.
He received from Valverde past the spinal cord, he turned his legs strong and painted a spectacular right to the net.
"It came to me, I turned and fired," he later summed up with that freshness that he spends, reducing football tension.
He barely celebrated the goal, yes, seriously while he received the congratulations of his teammates.
Second goal in 13 months
It was his second goal with the white jersey (in 24 games), after the one scored almost 13 months ago against
Granada
.
He knows that he still has a lot to prove, perhaps hence his prudence in the celebration.
When you mark you have extra confidence.
I'm tired, the ideal point will come in a few games, "he admitted afterwards, sincerely.
ZZ took him away at the beginning of the second half, with Inter Milan in the lead.
The
Champions League
exam
requires the best white lights in attack.
After
Hazard's
goal
, Benzema made the second in a play that began on the right Asensio.
The double of the Frenchman, who also assisted
Valverde
with class
in the third, confirmed the good harmony of the new forward.
It has only needed one function to proclaim itself as the incumbent.
The win and the progress of his great figure inject confidence to
Zidane's
team
before Tuesday's momentous match against Inter, where victory is required so as not to be stagnant in the European group stage.
"Offensively we have had many options," summed up the French coach, so happy for the placid afternoon his team gave him, something rare so far this season.
"We needed that goal," ZZ said of the 1-0 that put the game on track.
The 4-1 did not avoid the critical gaze of the Marseille coach.
"We know that we have to improve our balance defensively and attacking to score a goal."
Before the match, the first team of
Madrid
noticed the near vertigo of the
coronavirus
, a warning not to lower their guard.
The
Castilla
had to request the suspension of his party in the Segunda B to find three positive among its players.
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