That his relationship with food was not the best was no mystery and the one to admit it is the same Eden Hazard. The former Belgian footballer, who at Real Madrid was often overweight, spoke in a long interview with France Football where he recounted his difficulties in the last years of his career. An extraordinary talent blossomed with Lille of Rudi Garcia and Gervinho, with whom he won the championship, he played with Chelsea most of his career and made a name for himself thanks to his class and elegance on the ball. What did not allow him to enter among the greats of this sport, however, was his mentality: «Dieting sucks. You need it if you play until 40, but that was not my case».
«I needed to disconnect from everything to start again»
The move to the Blancos was very important for the thirty-three year old who, however, failed to stand out due to physical problems. Precisely the preseason, however, was very difficult for him: «I thought that the one before the summer would have been the last vacation that I could enjoy. So I let myself go as I did every summer in England, where we had no rest days even at Christmas. Those days I gave everything, I ate barbecues and drank wine. That allowed me to start over».
About the diet, he stated: «I did not exaggerate with food, I did not always go to McDonald's otherwise I would not have been a professional for 16 years. I like to eat with friends and drink something, I spent the day before the game eating. In my opinion, dieting sucks, it's useless. It's necessary if you want to reach 40, but that was not my case». «If I had done the same things as Cristiano Ronaldo - Hazard said - I would not have been myself. He is the example of the good footballer, but I would have burned out. I did not do physiotherapy and I did not go three hours a day to the gym».
«Only Messi was better than me»
In the long story, the Belgian striker continued talking about his emotions when he was at Real Madrid. Here he disappointed expectations, both of the fans and his own: «It's complicated to play at Real, maybe I had to train more. Also, I got injured at the wrong times, because of the pain I lost my place and then the will. I would like to tell the fans that I am sorry, but my body gave up».
Finally, Hazard concluded by comparing himself with Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Messi: «Only the Argentine was superior to me. I really liked watching him at Barcelona, a little less in the final phase. Cristiano in terms of pure football I don't think he was better than me. The same for Neymar».
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