Real Madrid attacker Eden Hazard is still yet to participate in an El Clasico after this week's Supercopa de Espana final defeat to Barcelona.
Like the rest of his Real Madrid team-mates, Hazard went to receive his Supercopa runner-up medal on Sunday. It was the ninth El Clásico that he had watched from the bench without playing a single minute.
Hazard arrived as Cristiano Ronaldo's replacement a year after the Portuguese's departure, but after almost four years he has yet to play in a single Clásico. He missed the first five due to injury. In 2019 he missed the two Clásicos in the league due to the ankle fracture he suffered against PSG. He came close to playing in the Clásico at the Bernabéu, but suffered an injury a week before the game (defeat against Levante).
In the 2020-21 campaign, he suffered a muscle injury in his right leg earlier that season, although the area of the injury was not revealed at the time: he was out for 25 days and missed five games, including the Clásico at Camp Nou. He also missed the second leg at the Di Stéfano stadium with another muscle injury.
Now recovered, the former Chelsea attacker has missed the last four Clásicos, with Carlo Ancelotti deciding to keep him on the bench. He didn't appear in last year's Super Cup, a match Madrid won (3-2), or in the Clásico at the Bernabéu (3-1). He also missed the 4-0 defeat in Madrid and Sunday's final in Saudi Arabia.
