Eden Hazard waiting to debut in the classic in his third year at Real Madrid

Eden Hazard is the protagonist of a particular situation. The midfielder, a ‘galactic’ signing for the 2019-20 season, is in his third year at the Santiago Bernabéu and, as incredible as it may seem, he has never played a Real Madrid vs. Barcelona. That is to say, if the player enters this afternoon (3:00 pm, Peruvian time) he will officially debut in the classic of Spain.

Since arriving at the ‘White House’ from Chelsea, the ‘Duke’ has been absent from a total of six classics. In his first campaign as a merengue, the Belgian international missed both games against Barcelona due to an injury suffered against PSG in the Champions League. In the previous one, the usual muscle problems played tricks on him.

Meanwhile, in the current course, Hazard was able to face Barcelona. However, Carlo Ancelotti chose to leave him among the substitutes in both LaLiga and the Spanish Super Cup. For this day of the domestic tournament, Eden appears on the list of those summoned, but will go through a decision of the Italian, who has other players above number 7.

Although, due to his background, he does not have great options to collide with the Catalans. So far in 2021-22, the striker added a total of 879 minutes spread over 22 commitments. Of those, he only started nine times and the most recent was against Elche on January 23. Then, the ‘Red Devil’ only had four appearances in the last nine games.

In fact, Eden Hazard has not jumped onto the field since last February 19 against Deportivo Alavés (only six minutes). After that he accumulated four substitutions in all tournaments. While, in general terms, the attacker only gave one assist in LaLiga and did not celebrate goals. He did do it playing the Copa del Rey, on one occasion and gave another goal pass.

Regardless, Eden hopes to face Barcelona again. With the Chelsea shirt, the attacking midfielder was in the two duels of the round of 16 of the Champions League in 2017-18. In London, they drew 1-1 and in Catalonia, the culé team won 3-0 and advanced to the next round.