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Eden Hazard makes an open admission about Arsenal’s Trossard.
Real Madrid ace, Eden Hazard, has admitted that he wondered why he started for Belgium at the 2022 FIFA World Cup ahead of Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard.
Following Belgium’s elimination from the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Hazard announced his retirement from international football.
Despite his lack of regular game time for Madrid, Hazard started Belgium’s first two group matches at the World Cup against Canada and Morocco.
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The former Chelsea player missed Belgium’s last Group F match against Croatia, giving Trossard his first tournament start.
“We were talking about the name of Leandro Trossard to replace me, he was having a good season,” Hazard told RTBF.
“Even I wondered why I had to play when he had to go on the bench. It is normal for people to think that.
“Especially after the game against Egypt, where we didn’t play a good game, where I didn’t play a good game.
“Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t play the last matches of the World Cup with Portugal, and yet it’s Cristiano with Portugal, it is even more than Eden with Belgium. It is normal, it is football.”