Hazard to miss the start of the season

The radio station 'COPE' insists that Eden Hazard has been completely ruled out for the first match of the season for Real Madrid. It will be against Real Sociedad in Anoeta and Zinedine Zidane is not thinking of including him in the squad list. Problems with his ankle persist.

Hazard will not take part in Real Madrid's first match of the 2020-2021 season. 'COPE' report that he has been left out of Zidane's squad list because of persistent problems with his ankle. He will spend several days doing specialised work in Valdebabas.  

In fact, one of the last updates about him was that. Every day, fans pay close attention to the social media of the club in order to keep up to date with how the Belgian is progressing. His biggest worry is that he has not returned from the break in shape.  

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This news does not come from a media source, but is proven by his national team manager. Eden took part in the break for the Nations League, but did not manage to play many minutes due to "not being prepared to play for the entire match" as Roberto Martínez explained. 

The most likely outcome is that Vinicius will play from the beginning, with Hazard and Asensio out of the game, Zidane will have to rely on the young Brazilian, Benzema and on Rodrygo to start. It's hoped that the young Belgian will recover soon and provide the quality for which he was bought from Chelsea.