“We want fewer goals and more dribbles!” »» In a long interview with the magazine So footballEden Hazard pushes a real cry of the heart in favor of round ball artists, too often restrained in modern football to his taste. “We see that football has changed over the past ten years. There are still cherki, gifted, doku, mas we realize that there are fewer and fewer dribblers ”he regrets.
“When you look at young players now, from 10-12 years old, they are already very strong, they go fast, but it's less focused on technique”notes the former Belgian international, passed by Lille, Chelsea and Real Madrid. A club that has seen some of the greatest magicians in history scroll, such as Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo. And where a beautiful armada of talents is evolving today, like Kylian Mbappé.
Eden Hazard designates the best dribbler
But for Eden Hazard, the French striker is not to be put in this category. “No, Mbappé, it's not a dribbler for mehe says without hesitation. Vini (Vinicius) either, he plays mainly on his power. But he still has a little Brazilian side, a little samba. I was on the bench at Real, I saw him do things … it's still a very good dribbler. But for me, Rodrygo is more dribbler than Vini, for example. »»
In his eyes, none of them will never equal his idol Zinedine Zidane – “There is nobody like Zizou”he said -nor Lionel Messi. “The best”according to him. “He made body feints, even me, 20 meters away, without being at the one-of-one, I was leaving. So imagine the defender …he recalls. You say to yourself: 'But how does he do that, serious?' And during this time, in fact, the ball remains stuck at its feet. »» A genius as we may not see anymore.
