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Eden Hazard to Real Madrid: Belgium coach Marc Wilmots 'keen on player joining Real Madrid' from Chelsea

National team coach fears his main star will be burned out before Euro 2016

Thursday 22 October 2015 07:20 BST

Chelsea forward Eden Hazard (Getty Images)

Belgium's coach Marc Wilmots is understood to be keen on Eden Hazard leaving Chelsea to join Real Madrid.

The Telegraph have reported that the coach has fears that the player could suffer burnout at Chelsea under Jose Mourinho, and be worn out by the time the European Championship finals kick off next summer.

The report adds that Wimots believes, privately, that a move to Real would allow the forward more freedom and a lighter work schedule.

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In addition, reports in France suggest that Hazard is seeking a move away from the Blues.

L’Equipe have reported that Hazard is not happy with life in London and in the Premier League, and the Belgian has already confided to family and friends, plus some international team-mates, that he wants to leave the club.

The report comes in the same week that Hazard seemed to 'like' a post on Instagram linking him with a move to Real Madrid.

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho dropped Hazard for the Blues 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday, and said afterwards it was a "tactical decision", and not because of the forward's poor form this season. He returned to the XI for the goalless draw at Dinamo Kiev in the Champions League last night.

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Asmir Begovic - 8 out of 10

Made a pair of saves that you would expect him to make and looked comfortable and assured in the absence of No 1 Thibaut Courtois, claiming crosses well and never looking ruffled. Chelsea will be glad they have such a capable No 2.

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Kurt Zouma - 7 out of 10

Defensively he was extremely solid but in attack you could tell he was playing out of position - the Frenchman was not always keen to get up and join attacks and on the few occasions he did he looked a bit like a fish out of water, slowing the pace and looking for the safe pass.

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John Terry - 7 out of 10

Much like Cahill, the Chelsea captain was comfortable and didn't need to be anything but solid. He made one bad error late on to gift the ball back to Dynamo, but Cahill and Begovic come to the rescue.

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Gary Cahill - 8 out of 10

Very good all evening. Did well covering on a couple of occasions when Artem Kravets was given a long ball to chase and when the pressure was on late in the game he stood tall. Much more like it from the England man.

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Cesar Azpilicueta - 9 out of 10

Truly fantastic performance from the Spaniard who kept Dynamo's most dangerous player, Andriy Yarmolenko, from having barely any impact in the attacking third. Azpilicueta was alert all evening and ready to nip in and get tight to the winger, disrupting him from ever settling on the ball. It'll be hard to find a better performance from a full back.

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Nemanja Matic - 8 out of 10

Easily his best performances of the season, Matic was the force that pushed Chelsea forward and stopped Kiev from playing. Very unlucky not to score in the first-half where he powered forward but couldn't find the inside of the post on his weak right foot. Good on the ball and mostly stopped Dynamo's midfield threat.

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Ramires - 6 out of 10

You can never criticise his energy or work rate and he was a key part of Chelsea's ability to press Dynamo and win the ball back in midfield; out of possession he was one of Chelsea's best players. But it's when he's on the ball that Ramires struggles, with the Brazilian's passing constantly poor.

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Eden Hazard - 8 out of 10

Like Matic, had his best 90 minutes of the season, providing a perfect response to being dropped at the weekend. He was lively throughout and whenever on the ball he drove forward with real attacking intent. Unlucky to hit the post with an excellent curling effort.

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Cesc Fabregas - 7 out of 10

Should have had a penalty after a brilliant burst into the box, the Spaniard provided that touch of class in midfield when he was on the ball. He's better in a deeper position but Mourinho couldn't risk him there.

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Willian - 7 out of 10

So unlucky not to score when a superb free-kick flew back off the crossbar. He worked hard and helped Chelsea look dynamic on the counter, although he didn't do as much in the final third as the Blues would have liked.

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Diego Costa - 5 out of 10

The only disappointment of the night was the performance of Costa, who was brilliantly marshalled by the physical Dragovic and Khacheridi, who didn't let him have even half a chance. Still battled well and held up the ball.

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From the bench: Oscar - 4 out of 10

On for the final 15 minutes the Brazilian struggled to get into the game and Dynamo had a dangerous five minutes as he adjusted to the pace of it. Pressed well but a couple of really poor touches gifted the Ukrainians the ball.

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"It was a tactical decision. We needed midfield players to be concerned with being solid," Mourinho said.

"I continue that way [leaving Hazard out] or he comes in our direction, and tries to play that way.

"I told players this is not the moment to think about personal situation, or moan, to be selfish.

"This is a moment for the team. I asked them to look at the picture in a different way. I have to try bring results back.

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