Carlo Ancelotti He is usually quite condescending with his players, whom he always avoids bad drinks and placing them in the media spotlight. In the case of Eden Hazard, the Italian has operated in the same way as with the rest, avoiding any negative comments about the player and giving him opportunities for him to claim. However, the Belgian has not lived up to Real Madrid or the expectations raised by his signing. And Carletto can no longer hide that disappointment for a footballer who recently warned in Belgium that he is missing more opportunities at the white club.
Message to the Belgian
Words that caused Ancelotti to explain his case at a press conference before the game against Shakhtar. “It is clear that each player knows his situation. When one asks me for an explanation, I have to explain what is happening. In that sense Eden hasn’t talked to me because he knows the situation, which is what other players have. There is a lot of competition and some play less than others. His situation, like that of others, is quite clear”, Ancelotti sentenced with his usual naturalness.
Hazard is a player who likes him in the white dressing room, but from whom no teammate expects much in terms of football. Aware that he is a player of enormous technical quality, his lack of competitiveness has led him to become the coach’s last alternative in attack. Hazard, who has a guaranteed place for the World Cup with Belgium but his ownership is debated, has only added 148 minutes this season spread over one Champions League match and three in the League.
This Saturday Madrid will face Getafe and will not have Benzema, who did not exercise with the rest of the group and will have rest for the Champions League matches and, especially, for the Clásico. “After a month, Karim has played two games in a row for 90 minutes and he’s still a bit charged. We don’t want to take risks, because there are players who find it a little harder to recover”, the Italian warned at a press conference. This circumstance, added to the rotation policy imposed by Carletto at the start of the season, could cause the Belgian to step on the grass, something he hasn’t done for almost a month, on September 11, when he started against Mallorca and was replaced at minute 59 by Modric.
Carletto maintains his idea of having the entire squad involved and Hazard, whom many at the club believe has already thrown in the towel, can see his last train pass against Quique Sánchez Flores’ team. A match that the Italian believes will be difficult: “The match against Getafe is always difficult, it is a team that fights, well organized at the back that leaves no room to move. I want a Real Madrid that doesn’t have a single identity, there are games that require advanced pressure to have control of the game and others that have a low block gain advantage. We’re not going to see a single identity, I don’t like a team with a single identity”, concluded the Madrid coach. Now we need to know which identity Hazard fits into, in the event that the player definitively steps forward, in the event that don’t miss your last train.
