Eden Hazard admitted there wasn’t much to cheer about in the Belgium dressing room following their World Cup semi-final elimination to France on Tuesday. Hazard enjoyed a brilliant tournament for Belgium, bagging two goals and assisting two more in four victories for Roberto Martinez’s side.
However, despite a valiant effort against Les Bleus, Hazard couldn’t muster any more goals and subsequently ended up on the losing team following a 1-0 defeat after Samuel Umtiti’s winner for France.
‘There wasn’t a lot said in the dressing room after the loss, because there was a lot of sadness,’ Hazard said. ‘We deserved better from this game, even if we expected that sort of game against a team that defends well and plays on the counter-attack.’ The 27-year-old will return to Chelsea after a short summer break, and prepare for the new Premier League season. Chelsea’s first game of the new campaign is against Manchester City in the FA Community Shield on August 5.