With Belgium beginning their knockout campaign on Monday, Eden Hazard has admitted that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo leaving the tournament is good for the Red Devils. Japan are the European side’s opponents in Rostov-on-Don, although there aren’t great hopes that an upset could be possible such is the quality in Belgium’s team.”It’s good for us, but a pity for them,” Hazard explained in a pre-match interview. “When you love football you want to see the best players. “However, when you’re competing you want them to go out, so you have a better chance of success yourself. “Much has been made of the so called ‘Golden Generation’ in Belgian football, yet they’ve never been able to progress past the quarter-final stage as a group. Read more
Hazard pleased to see Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo leave the World Cup (Marca)
