Published: July 22, 2022 9:44 pm
Last Updated: July 22, 2022 9:50 pm
Footage centering on two members of Spanish champions’ Real Madrid’s squad has piqued widespread attentions on Friday night.
The gamers in query? Antonio Rudiger and Eden Hazard.
Amid the continued efforts of Carlo Ancelotti and his teaching workers to prep for the brand new marketing campaign, Real’s stars, earlier right this moment, had been put by their paces as soon as extra in pre-season training.
One explicit drill, in flip, noticed shut management examined, as a circle of gamers had been tasked with protecting possession away from their defensive counterparts.
At one level through the exercise, nevertheless, an altogether unnecessary challenge left the aforementioned Hazard grounded, and in evident ache.
This came across the Belgian receiving possession, just for Antonio Rudiger to (presumably by accident) go in excessive of the ball, earlier than connecting arduous with the left ankle of his attacking teammate.
Eden Hazard through the La Liga match between Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid, Spain 28, 2019. (Photo by A. Ware/NurPhoto by way of Getty Images)
Hazard, from right here, instantly clutched at his foot, as comprehensible concern unfold for a participant who has struggled for health all through his time within the Spanish capital.
The former Chelsea man, it’s understood, was in flip pressured right into a untimely departure from the session, forward of present process medical scans on his ankle.
Not solely that, however Hazard is now seen as an early doubt to characteristic in Real Madrid’s subsequent pre-season outing, when Los Merengues will go face to face with arch rivals Barcelona within the early hours of Sunday morning.
Eden Hazard is prone to lacking Real Madrid’s upcoming pleasant in opposition to Barcelona after being tackled by Antonio Rüdiger in a training session.pic.twitter.com/qhVoOebDDs
— Zach Lowy (@ZachLowy) July 22, 2022
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