At 28, Eden Hazard is in his prime with Chelsea. Do we love him? Yes, we do. What they say"When I saw Zidane, he played like his feet were hands. Eden is like that. The ball sticks to his feet. It's almost impossible to get it off him."Marc Wilmots, former Belgium coach "You almost hope Eden Hazard gets diarrhoea [ahead of a Man. City game v Chelsea]. You can have as many tactical plans as you want, but if Eden starts running it's chaos. He's at a level where he decides how good his team are."Vincent Kompany, Man. City and Belgium defender"He
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Lille beckons once more for Belgium’s Hazard
Belgium produced the biggest win of UEFA EURO 2016 in beating Hungary 4-0 to reach the quarter-finals and the deserved man of the match was Eden Hazard – who had a special motivation to get through to face Wales in Lille.The Red Devils played fast and furious attacking football from the start in Toulouse, and the captain, together with Kevin De Bruyne, was the engine. Nerves were still jangling, though, at 1-0 until Hazard set up Michy Batshuayi to make it 2-0 with the substitute's first touch with 12 minutes left. The No10 then scored the third himself, evading three Hungarian defenders before bending a shot
Belgium’s Wilmots hails Hazard and De Bruyne
Marc Wilmots, Belgium coachI told Eden [Hazard] that I wanted him to score a goal by cutting inside. He hadn’t been getting close enough to the goal and he needs to have fun when he's out on the pitch. A captain can't always do his talking with his mouth, sometimes you have to do your talking with your feet and that's what he did today.We should have been at least 3-0 up at half-time, we kept the game at 1-0 too long. We scored the second and third goals very quickly but we needed a lot of chances and in big games you don't get