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#eden-hazard

Eden Hazard will leave Real Madrid this month, the club has confirmed, after reaching an agreement to rescind his contract a year early.Hazard, 32, joined Madrid from Chelsea in July 2019 as one of the Premier League's biggest stars, signing a five-year deal in a move worth an initial €100 million.- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) His four seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu have been marred by persistent injury problems, and he has made just six LaLiga appearances this season -- four of them as a substitute -- scoring no goals.

Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCMay 13, 2023, 05:34 PM ET


Marco Asensio scored as Real Madrid beat Getafe 1-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, with the team's mind firmly on Wednesday's Champions League semifinal second leg at Manchester City.The best chance of a quiet first half saw Getafe goalkeeper David Soria save well in a one-on-one with Federico Valverde, who was then flagged offside by the assistant referee.

Carlo Ancelotti blamed Real Madrid's "lack of efficiency" for the "strange" goal drought which continued with a 0-0 draw at Real Betis to leave them nine points behind LaLiga leaders Barcelona.Madrid have followed last week's stunning 5-2 win at Liverpool in the Champions League round-of-16 with a 1-1 league draw with Atletico Madrid -- youngster Alvaro Rodriguez scoring with a header from a corner -- a 1-0 home defeat to Barca in the Copa del Rey, and now Sunday's goalless draw at the Estadio Benito Villamarin.

Eden Hazard has said that he and coach Carlo Ancelotti "don't talk" about the forward's lack of playing time at Real Madrid.Hazard, 32, has made just one LaLiga start and two substitute appearances this season -- in August and September -- despite suggestions from Ancelotti that he would feature more regularly as a back-up to Karim Benzema.

Morocco coach Walid Regragui insists he had no regrets after his decision to name captain Romain Saiss and Nayef Aguerd in his starting line-up for their World Cup semi-final loss to France.Theo Hernandez struck early on but Morocco  the first African semi-finalists in history  more than matched their illustrious opponents before substitute Randal Kolo Muani's first France goal secured a 2-0 win in the closing stages.

(Image credit: Getty) Belgium captain Eden Hazard has taken aim at Germany for protesting FIFA's policy over OneLove armbands instead of focusing on football.The Real Madrid forward claims World Cup 2022 stars are not in Qatar to take political stances but to play the game, and inferred that Germany would have been better off focusing on beating Japan.

Belgium captain Eden Hazard has said players should "concentrate on the football" after Germany covered their mouths in protest at FIFA over its response to the OneLove campaign.Germany performed the gesture as they lined up for a team photo before their shock 2-1 loss against Japan in their World Cup opener, with their coach Hansi Flick saying it was a way of showing "FIFA is muzzling us."
- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Belgium, Germany and five other European teams abandoned the anti-discrimination OneLove initiative earlier this week after players were threatened with sanctions if they wore the rainbow armband.