Nine matches – zero minutes.
This is the finale of El Clasico for Eden Hazard.
On Thursday, the somewhat strange streak appeared to have extended.
In 2019, Real Madrid signed Eden Hazard from Chelsea for around SEK 1.3 billion. You know, the result was… not very good. The 32-year-old has seven goals and 11 assists in 73 matches.
Injury problems and level failures left behind the Belgian, who never broke into the team.
On Thursday evening, it is time for El Clasico, and the first semi-final meeting in the Spanish Cup. Then Hazard is not expected to be there, according to Diario AS.
The cool thing? Since the former star joined the club, nine El Clásicos have been played. He wasn’t given the chance for a second.
Perhaps the streak could be broken before the end of the season as there is a return meeting in the cup and a league match between the two teams.
Xavi: “We have to be honest”
Looking at the match, Barcelona coach Xavi has the conditions ready for him. The biggest pressure is not on Barcelona, despite their lead in the league by seven points from Real Madrid.
Real Madrid beat Liverpool at home, so I have to be honest. I see them as clear favourites. We are talking about the defending champions and the European champions, but we can beat them. We have already proven that we can.
Away in the Madrid camp, coach Carlo Ancelotti sees the game within a match as key. That episode between Vinicius Jr and Ronald Araujo.
Vinicius is one of the best players in the world who can change games for us. Araujo is a very strong defender, so it will be an entertaining duel. Hopefully Vinicius can win it.
The match takes place on Thursday evening and can be watched via Sportbladet, with kick-off at 21.00.