Eden Hazard has told Zinedine Zidane that he wants to start more often after coming off the bench against his former club Chelsea in the Champions League semi-finals. The Real Madrid star has been struggling with injuries since his move to the Spanish capital in 2019 but he is now raring to kickstart his career at the Bernabeu.
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And of the full-time result, he added: "It could be better and it could be worse! We will go there looking for the win."
Meanwhile, Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel said: "We started the game very very well, with a lot of courage and quality.
"We deserved to win the first half, we had chances. Unfortunately they scored from a set-piece and they had nothing else, we didn't allow any chances.
"It was a disappointing score at half time. We had to stay calm and not lose confidence. The second half was very tactical, you could feel that we are a bit tired.
Eden Hazard played the final 24 minutes against Chelsea (Image: GETTY)
"We only had a few days to recover from another tough away game. We have to live with 1-1.
"The goal was well deserved and we should have scored at least one more. We conceded more or less out of nothing and that can always happen against individual quality."