Will the "marginalized" Hazard get his chance with Real Madrid against Shakhtar?

Belgium and Real Madrid striker Eden Hazard is trying to convince coach Carlo Ancelotti that he is still able to regain his level, and the latter has promised him that he will get his chance. Will it be against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday in Warsaw?

Since his move from Chelsea for a huge sum of 115 million euros in the summer of 2019, Hazard (31 years) has not been able to establish himself primarily, either because of the many injuries he suffered or because of his excess weight at other times.

The same scene was repeated recently, Hazard warming up during the second half and then returning to sit on the bench of the reserve players without participating.

The last example of this was during the match Real Madrid against Getafe Saturday in the league.

In the absence of Karim Benzema, who suffers from a minor injury, Hazard was a Yemeni with the main participation, but Ancelotti preferred him to the Uruguayan Federico Valverde and the Brazilian duo Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo.

Even Marco Asensio and Dominican Mariano Dias participated in the second half, without the coach giving Hazard the opportunity.

With the exception of some of the flashes he made in the first round of the Champions League in the match against Celtic, where he scored a goal and made another, Hazard only participated in a handful of minutes in his team's domestic league matches against Mallorca, Almeria and Celta Vigo without being decisive.

Ancelotti had said in the press conference Saturday after the match against Getafe regarding Hazard, "He is training well and is in good shape, he will get his chance soon."

"When a player asks questions, I give my opinion, but Odin did not come to me. He knows very well his situation, the competition is strong for many players."

On August 29, Ancelotti said that Hazard still had his full confidence.

Hazard commented on his situation at the beginning of this month, and said in this regard, "There are complicated moments. I have the desire to play, to play more. I feel that I am in a good condition at Real Madrid, despite the situation I am in."

Even his coach in the Belgian national team, Spaniard Roberto Martinez, questioned Hazard's ability to play a full match and said in an interview with the local "RTBF" network on October 3, "We must ask ourselves if Hazard is able to play the full 90 minutes, not to mention For seven matches in a short period of time,” in reference to the Qatar World Cup, which is scheduled from November 20 to December 18.

Hazard played around 60 minutes in his last two international matches and looked out of his rhythm against Wales (2-1) and the Netherlands (0-1).

Martinez added, "Eden has not played consecutive matches for a long time and this has repercussions. We will study his position near the World Cup to see what task he will be assigned. I do not see him as a Joker player, but rather a player who has to be in the rhythm during the matches to impose himself from the beginning." He described Hazard as "one of the best players in the world in his ability to create danger."

Hazard had expressed, after the victory over Wales, that he was "happy to play and to play the game mainly."

Will he be on time if Ancelotti gives him the opportunity against Shakhtar?

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