DEVIL’S DEBATE. Degryse about Hazard: “From a purely sporting point of view it is against all logic if he plays the tiles of the roof” | Red Devils

Most dreams are deception, Marco Borsato once sang. Our analyst Marc Degryse thinks we should keep doing it, although he also preaches realism. “I make the comparison with Remco Evenepoel. Everyone thought he would win the Giro, but that was unlikely. I read that Tom Boonen urged caution and I’m in the same boat with Hazard.”

“Purely speaking from a sporting point of view, it is against all logic that he is suddenly going to play the tiles of the roof. Can we expect the best Hazard if he hasn’t played five good games in a row in two years? I don’t think he will take his worries from Madrid to the European Championship. Knowing Hazard, he won’t. The main thing now is that he stays fit,” said Degryse.

“Those two practice matches are going to be important. He also ends up in an environment in which he feels at home. Everyone is going to give him the ball the way he wants it. So it is possible that he will suddenly find pleasure in it again and says ‘what we did with the boys three years ago, come on, let’s do it again.’ Then all the misery at Real is forgotten.”

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