Eden Hazard, who emerged Man of the Match of Belgium’s encounter with Japan’s Samurai Blue has revealed it is his time to shine, as the duo of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and their national teams have exited the 2018 World Cup.
Hazard, while speaking with Express UK revealed, it was now the turn of his team to shine at the world cup, given the exit of the big names.
“Yes, I hope so. They are not in the World Cup so now it is time to shine. I want to go through the quarter-final, semi-final and maybe the final,” he said.
“I am not the only one of course. Messi and Ronaldo, they are out now, but there are still a lot of good players at the World Cup. We will see at the end what happens.”
Hazard is clear, however, that he feels in a good place in terms of his own development. “I am a lot stronger than two years ago, or four years ago in Brazil, definitely,” he said. “I have a lot more experience.
“Four years ago it was our first major competition, all of us together. France was our second one, and knockout matches have a lot to do with experience.
Belgium won the match yesterday, coming from 0:2 down to beat the Japanese team, 3:2.
In a tweet on Tuesday, Hazard thanked his fans.
World Cup knockout football is not easy, but we have a great atmosphere and this team never gives up. Thank you for your support everyone, we needed it yesterday. Quarter finals we’re coming, we are #REDTOGETHER ?? #fifaworldcup #family ? pic.twitter.com/0LbeOrsyS5
— Eden Hazard (@hazardeden10) July 3, 2018
Source: Punch
