In an interview with «Radio Marca» on the occasion of the knockout stages of the last 16 Champions League among one of its former teams, the Chelsea, and the Madrid athlete, Gustavo poyet also talked about Edenic danger and his physical problems in the Real Madrid.
The old one Real Zaragoza He said that “this case hurts a lot. The year he left Cristiano Ronaldo It was the perfect time to replace him, there he had a perfect season with Chelsea. When Hazard arrived in Madrid, he suddenly looked older. I don’t think the style of play is the problem of this footballer, nor the mind, I go to the physical. He paid the price for physical problems which prevented him from returning and which meant that he did not find his ideal conditions. One of my maxims as a coach is to put players on the pitch with little or no apologies and I don’t think Hazard has ever been like that. There was always an excuse, it was 60%, the team was not doing well… It is not Zidane’s fault, the player depends on himself to face this great challenge of turning the situation around “.
Then he commented on the arrival of Tuchel at the Chelsea bench. “The changes of coach in teams of this level make the players react alone. I think he showed a lot at the start, with a lot of mobility in the first few minutes, but when the rivals took the lead on the scoreboard it was more difficult for them to turn the situation around ”.
Regarding the spanish players of the English team, he said: “I saw César Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso more strengthened with the new coach. In the case of the latter, I must admit that I am very happy because we have accepted. It will be interesting to see how the team comes out of the pothole and especially to see it in European competition ”.
And on the integration of signatures, he stressed that “there is very little patience, nobody waits in football. Put a price Mbappé or Haaland It’s easy, but with the new promises, it’s complicated. We want them to perform yesterday when they have to get used to a new team, a new language and a new country. So what does a coach do? If it makes it worse, if it makes it worse. It is complicated”.
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