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Eden Hazard: Biggest difference between Real Madrid and Chelsea

Eden Hazard admits expectations at Real Madrid are far greater than he experienced with Chelsea.

The Belgian star sealed a £130million move to the Bernabeu this summer and has opened up on one of the most striking cultural differences he has spotted already.

"At Chelsea when we lost, we were disappointed, like the fans, but I never felt it was a disaster, it's different in Spain," Hazard told the Champions Journal, ahead of Real Madrid's Champions League opener against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.

"I think that here the fans are really fans, football is everything to them and they need players to give everything, in England there aren't so many fans.

"Of course, people there like football and everyone be that young people, adults or teenagers are really interested in football, but they aren't so fanatical about their teams."

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