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Zidane admits Hazard injury ‘doesn’t look good’ ahead of City test
MADRID, Feb 23, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane admitted
that the injury Eden Hazard suffered on Saturday “doesn’t look good”, four
days before their Champions League clash with Manchester City.
Hazard was substituted in the second half of the 1-0 defeat at Levante and
was then pictured with an ice pack around the same right foot he broke in
November.
“It doesn’t look good,” said Zidane. “It can become weak where you’ve had
an injury. It is a blow, let’s see. It’s sore now but we’ll see tomorrow,
when we do more tests.”
The Belgian now appears to be unlikely to face City, whom Madrid play at
the Santiago Bernabeu in the last-16 first leg on Wednesday.
Since joining Real Madrid from Chelsea last year, Hazard has endured a
stop-start season in Spain.
He injured his hamstring the day before Real’s opening fixture in August
and then broke his foot in November.
Hazard made his first start in almost three months against Celta Vigo last
weekend and started again at Levante, with a view to regaining sharpness
before the City showdown.
Real surrendered first place in La Liga to Barcelona, whom they host in
the Clasico next Sunday.
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