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Belgium coach Martinez: Too much negativity around Real Madrid attacker Hazard

Belgium coach Roberto Martinez wants to ease the media pressure on Real Madrid ace Eden Hazard.

The Belgium captain is facing another month on the sidelines after suffering a leg injury earlier this week.

"It has to do with a lot of bad luck, but we have to stop being overwhelmingly negative," Martinez told HLN. "I have the feeling that Eden will be in order when he returns from this injury."

Martinez admits he doesn't want to think about being without Hazard for the Euros this summer.

"That's the kind of question that no coach would want to answer. We don't want to have absent players. We don't want to think about the absence of our most experienced players and our stars from the last four years," he added.

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