The Never Ending Downfall of Eden Hazard 

Hundreds of millions of kids dream of becoming footballers. Few ever make it to the professional level and even fewer make it to the top winning 2 PL titles, reaching a WC semi final and winning several individual awards. Hazard's move to Madrid did not work out as planned but he did not fail. He lived an impossible dream and will go down as a PL legend.

Thank you for giving him his flowers. He truly was ‘the system’ at chelsea. Genuinely a privilege to watch him play

As a United fan he's probably the best opposition player I've ever seen live at Old Trafford, you just don't see many players like him playing anymore

I’m a lifelong Chelsea fan and I’ve seen some incredible players but no one was like Hazard. I always say we’ve had ‘greater’ players like Terry, Zola, Drogba etc, but Hazard on pure ability was a cut above anyone, he could make a casual football fan a genuine football fan, he’d make you fall in love with the game himself … What a player …

I think his legacy is very much secure in the UK as one THE finest players the Prem has ever seen. His ball carrying ability, quick feet and close control were absolutely insane. I actually can't believe what happened to his career

I’m glad you brought his personality in to the mix as well, always was a happy soul who made chelsea fans smile on and off the pitch

It's a very tough ending to a career that arguably deserved better. Good stuff so far into it, Viz!

That performance vs Brazil in the world for me is one of the greatest performances I’ve seen in my life time. That game showed that u don’t need to have G/A to have an impact on the game

I think all the doom and gloom about Eden Hazard is recency bias. He's been a pro since 17 so it's not inconceivable that his body wore down after over a decade of playing every minute of every game. In my mind it's between him suarez and neymar as the third best player of the Ronaldo/Messi era and I don't think 4 bad years in madrid undoes the magic he created at Stamford Bridge. In 10 years I think people will only remember the highlights and forget the disappointing madrid transfer, especially as transfer fees continue to go up.

As a chelsea fan I remember wtaching eden hazard he was something else the talent he had was mind blowing. Imagine if he had the dedication or worth ethic atleast half of ronaldo. He could have maintained his skill level or even become better. Injuries were part of it tho you can still bounce back of injuries if you had the worth ethic and that top mentality. To become one of the best you have to have talent tho also the worth ethic and dediciation. Talent takes you so far

Hazard was one of the most special players we had the pleasure of watching. Now that he’s officially retired hopefully the disrespect can stop and everyone can just appreciate what he did when he was healthy and stop dwelling on an unfortunate injury situation

What a player he was for us our legend if he had not get his injurys what a player he could have been for real but still got his dream to play for them and all the achievements he got show how good he was as a player and will be missed 💙💙💙

Its so sad. He was so special with his skills and personality. He made me to love and follow football again.

The fact that in a interview with Mourinho, he says that because the refs don’t protect players like Hazard, there won’t be any more Hazards. Actually sad. Also another amazing video. Thank you for the content you produce 👏🏿

He was probaboly my favorite player to watch in teh premier league when i was younger. So sad man ):

Loved hazard. The best player I've ever seen at Chelsea. His signed shirt is my favourite of all my shirts. Excellent vid as always :)

So proud that I've seen our Belgian generation play with Hazard as their crown jewel. What a player he was for us. Most might say our generation failed, but I think we really did well. 3rd on a world cup, for a country like Belgium is one hell of an achievement. How he played back then, he was just a joy to watch. Like the best player in the world. He realised his dream move to Real Madrid but 1 tackle on his ankle against PSG was the last straw which he never recovered from. But his last couple of years won't wash away the rest of his carreer. Une grande merci, Eden!

Can we appreciate how much effot Vizeh puts in to making our balls giggle

I forgot who said this (I think it was Mourinho?), but the common theme around why he never reached the level of Messi or Ronaldo was because he didn't put in the effort/extra work during training. The fact that he could still go out on matchdays and do the things that he did and "not even try" will always be insane to me. Hazard gave me the best years of my life as a Chelsea fan and I will always remember him fondly for that goal against Arsenal (yes you know which one) as well as tearing it up at the 2018 world cup (he was robbed of the golden ball). It's gonna be a while until we see another player like him in the prem again.

This was genuinely emotional. I still remember Hazard being in all the Premier league advertisements alongside Kane, Son, Vardy and all the other EPL stars. He felt like one of the pillars of the league, and I will miss him greatly.

I only started watching football in 2021 so I didn't get to see Hazard in his prime but I wish I did coming from an Arsenal fan.

I last saw him play in a cup match (21/22) against Elche where he scored the winner in extra time after Madrid went down one man and one goal in the 103rd minute.

Hazard just retired today. At the age of 32. The same year as Gareth bale

Best Belgian player oat, and best Prem player of the 2010’s forever a premier league and mainly Chelsea legend

I saw him score a hatrick at Stamford Bridge. Just unplayable. He was probably the third best player in the world for a couple of years.

i was only 8 when i started watch him play ,im 19 now. i grew up watching him and he just made me so happy man. im so grateful i got to watch this man play even though its from the tv. thankyou eden❤

Amazing video Vizeh. It’s so sad to see this downfall. As a Tottenham fan I will never forget how he was somehow able to turn up and put in some amazing performances against us. So sad he had to retire so early.

I found myself going back watching some of his highlights and man he was genuinely amazing it brought me to the brink of tears that such an amazing talent is retiring relatively early

Was waiting for this. You did him justice man💐👌🏻

I mean it’s really sad the outcome at Madrid , I’m a Chelsea fan who’s followed since I was 6 which was 2012 meaning hazard was my obvious hero and the hill I die on is he is world class and a player that his personal stats may not looking amazing but look at falcao along with morata that he teed up for easy goals only them to miss and when he had costa and Fabregas we cooked. As a Chelsea fan I wish we took him in as a free agent and hope we offered but may have a great retirement as smiles as much as I did watching him. 💙

Thanks for covering this one Vizeh can't wait to watch this, as a Man Utd fan this guy gave me absolute nightmares growing up as he would beat my team time and time again, he's one player I was absolutely gutted we missed out on signing as I think we would have won even more Premier leagues and maybe an extra champions league or 2 if he was in our team. I have nothing but respect and admiration for the guy and its very sad to see him go out like this at such a young age really, he will always be one of the greats for me

Football is great, but it can also be a graveyard of potential wonders.

Hazard was footballing joie de vivre.

This man is the one who made me fall in love with football its sad it really is man he may not have been the best but damn i could watch him for hours

Absolutely incredible video! Thank you for this Vizeh and keep up the good work 🤞

fun fact about that swansea ball boy he kicked - he's involved in the brand AU vodka and his whole family is pretty successful in Swansea

As a Manchester United fan i wish he didn't leave for Real Madrid because he was such a baller and to see him finish his career like that is just really sad to see😪.

oh man. I can't even explain the feeling I got when I read about him retiring. so much is happening with this one era of football slowly getting replaced with this new era. another legend down, we've lost Ibrahimovic, buffon, and now Eden hazard. the dream is over boys. us playing at the park or even not at the park, at the back of an indoor football field using the back of the net as our own Net, doing Messi and Ronaldo's goal celebration when we score against each other. and as another legendary player for us retires, another one rises, a youth player that has a chance to do so much more. so while we're sad about the men we used to look up to leaving, there's another generation being built for ones younger than us to look up at the same way we used to look up our legends. farewell eden, it's been a good run.

It's crazy I was here watching Vizeh make career mode vids back in 2016 now he is making amazing documentary videos. I've loved watching you over the years, never stop doing what you do.

Damn I didn’t expect Eden Hazard to retire…

The teams around him were always good enough to fight for the title but never seen as guaranteed winners. As a Chelsea fan, they never really built a team strong enough to battle on all fronts. When he joined, the team was being rebuilt and then they let promising players go when they appointed Mourinho. He was as you said very laid back but his teams were never as stacked as those as Messi or Ronaldo. He created TONS of chances but missing opportunities has been a Chelsea trait for many years. Not many of his critics ever saw him play many times to understand him or his career.

I was devastated to see he announced his retirement. This man basically was the reason I’m such a big chelsea fan. I’ll always remember watching the dribble goal he scored against Arsenal. I was watching with my mate who is an Arsenal supporter and I went crazy when Eden scored that ❤

Hazard was one of the great players of the 2010's. If I made an XI of the best premier league players for the decade he would easily make it.

please keep more longer videos like these coming!

I think it’s unfair to say “people compared him to the likes of Neymar and Messi” when literally only Chelsea fans did that. He’s undoubtedly a very talented player but he isn’t on the same level as those and anyone who looks at it without blue tinted glasses can see that

Fantastic video running through his career and showing what kind of player he was. Absolutely did him justice with this work. Great stuff man

Last time we seen him was that 2019 Europa league final

We , MUFC, were so close to getting him in 2012! I still have that dream of watching a Nano Kagawa Hazard with Rooney up front top 4 for United… I know RVP was sick that season, but imagine that front 4…

In a football world where everything is about statistics, players like Eden Hazard were the best entertainers of football. He was a magician for chelsea and it is sad to see his downfall in Madrid. He was so 🔥

That 16/17 Hazard with the knee-slide 🔥

Watched him live in one of his last great performances last year against Celtic in the Champions League, came on for an injured Benzema in the 30th minute and totally changed the game (goal and assist), absolutely wonderful footballer and one of my favorite of all time.

He basically retired yesterday and he was a legend. 😢

I saw him play against Celtic last season i think he scored as well

i wish we would’ve just picked him up this season as a veteran to come in and help these new players. I feel like i’m seeing my team fall apart and this was just a gut punch. But then again that’s football, things change and sometimes its for the worst. Eden gave me some of the best years in my life, even when we weren’t winning the league. I wish he could’ve won a UCL with us, but i’ll take the amazing memories over that UCL win. He was and still is one of my favorite players of all time! Thank you Eden 💙

I don't really have favourite players, but the one time I did, it was him, I watched his every game, I stayed up in the nights to watch his games on my phone, I still remember how tense but amazing that 2-0 win against West Ham felt. It's honestly sad how my hero from when I was 10 just, vanished

You mentioned that 15/16 season. I beg, as a Chelsea fan, please do a video on it. It still confuses me till this day how Chelsea went from reigning champions to 10th.

I was in the away end at Stamford Bridge when he dribbled through our whole team and scored (west ham) I dont blame you for saying he's the best you've seen live. An excellent talent and a prem great 100%. Sad the way its ended for him. *edit - Great vid by the way.

as a Arsenal fan I absolutely hated how good Hazard was. he single handedly destroyed us so many times, absolute world class baller in his prime.

Even though Eden Hazard hasn't achieved what he had to achieve at Real Madrid, he will still be remembered for everything he has done at Chelsea and Lille and all the memories we had with him! Thank you Eden Hazard ❤❤❤

The Streets will never forget 😭

Just the fact you're talking about him is proof he didn't fail. Hazard is an Iconic player loved by manny.

its sad how his story ended at real madrid, just proves to show chasing your dreams doesnt always prove beneficial.

I'm from the US and Hazard was the first player I ever saw play on TV and was left speechless

Just think what he could’ve done if it weren’t for than injury vs PSG 😢

Its honestly sad,hes the only player to be called the messi of epl❤. People say rmadrid and ancelotti runied his career but if were being honest stuffs like this can happen to anybody,keep in mind footballers are still human,coupled with the fact that he had devastating injuries and his fitness levels were bad,he wasnt really that player that took everything seriously and it was his uniqueness i feel that cost him most. He will forevr be remembered tho as a legend at chelsea,one of my favourite players oat ❤and the best dribbler the epl has ever seen.

when eden was on the pitch, it was magical.

The first part of his career was like a paradisiacal garden. The second part was like a massive rockslide onto a busy highway. Eden. Hazard. God rest his soul.

Hazard was my favorite Chelsea player. For me, he was Chelsea. I got sad when his move to Real Madrid happened and now I had to cheer against him. I also had a Chelsea jersey of him.

prime chelsea hazard is the best player i've ever seen its sad that he retires so early

He retired BUT has been offered a trial with West Ham so who knows

Chelsea, when Hazard was still prime and Fabregas was just signed, is by far the best football I've ever seen played. There was a silky smooth nature to their attacking and I've never seen anything like it before or since. Almost brings a tear to my eye, I mean it was god tier attacking. Looked an IRL video game. So crazy how far he fell off. But him walking off the pitch to eat a burger after being subbed is low key one of the most Chad moves ever.

How tf are you at less than 400k subs? This channel is way too underrated

As a Belgian, knowing what he could have been at real really sucks, still doesn’t take away all the amazing accomplishments he achieved in previous clubs and for the national team. Truly an inspiring and amazing player to watch.

Hazard was my favorite footballer and he always will be, he was the one who got me to love the game and love the club i will always support Chelsea, he was magical to watch and i will never forget anything he ever did. I hope he has an amazing retirement 💙 LEGEND

Vzieh's voice tone at the beginning said it all 😢

Hazard has turned into a player “the streets will never forget”

As a arsenal fan wish we could of had chelsea hazard, such a amazing player to watch and think even his chelsea days are underated, man was so good on the ball and looked effortless, still think hes a premier league legend👌

I’m a United fan but he’s probably my favorite all-time non-United player. The best player in the world on his day.

You just had to be there to see what kind of special prayer he was...

It’s true that he fell off during the last 4 years while he was at Real. He might have failed there but his entire career wasn’t a failure. Even if he was barely involved in Real’s UCL 2021/22 campaign, he still deserved to win it for what he has done. World class players deserve to win the Champions League

Without trying to make a direct comparison, his dribbling reminded me of maradona’s low center of gravity with insane control and quick change of direction. Maybe even shades of Zola

I'm remember sitting in the couch with my dad just watching him go through defenders

Hazard and Neymar: Two princes who never became kings😢

Eden Hazard was my inspiration to play football. It's really sad that he retired. Hopefully he still finds a job at Chelsea.

Nice und very interesting video with lots of infos 👍 even Eden Hazard would love it.

One of the best wingers in the Prem. Definitely top 5

Hazard wasn’t about stats the way he could flip a game was crazy

I’m a United fan and I can definitely say Eden was unreal. Just would glide through people like they were cones. I think it’s hard not to like this guy. He definitely will be missed

Banging video mate😎 - btw does anyone know what ackground music he uses at 18:22 onwards?

From what others have said about him it seems he was happy with the level he’d reached and didn’t feel the need to push himself to be like CR7 and Messi. A lot of people are frustrated at him for that but honestly, sometimes wanting to be better than everyone else can be incredibly unhealthy and means you can never be happy with what you have done. He reached a point of contentment that few can and still achieved an incredible amount and I can’t really knock him for that. As long as he is happy, that’s all that matters, hope he has a nice retirement.

Damn I haven’t seen this dude on RU-vid in literally YEARS, hope you’re doing well man

I think it was a community shield final...Chelsea (the year under Sarri) Vs City. Chelsea lost that match if I remember correctly, but Hazard (was playing as a sole striker) bullied all alone the entire City defense. I will never forget that

I wish he stayed at chesela we would still be in Europe 😢

Ive seen rumors of him getting a try out with West Ham, and as a hammers fan id personally love if that were ti happen. We did great in the transfer window and id love to add hazard to that, especially if it brings him out of the debts of retirement.

Vizeh, Thank you for giving Hazard Justice. I only got to see him play once at a Charity Match in Massachusetts before the Europa League Final. My friend next to me told me to put the Camera Down and enjoy it because it'll be the last time we'd see him in a Chelsea Shirt. So I got to see some of that Magic that I would see at the crack of dawn to watch on TV. This video was hard to watch especially when you talk about his Time at Reál Madrid. Every time I look him up I see an Injury. When he was a Free Agent, my greatest dream was for him to play for my MLS Side Atlanta United just so I could see him live again. I wish him the Best at his Retirement. Hopefully he'll be enshrined on Shed Wall at Stamford Bridge like the other Chelsea Legends. 🎵CAREEEEEE FREE! Wherever he may be! Hazard is part of the Famous CFC!

I love your videos Viz and I know the content of the video praises Hazard - but to title it the "Never Ending Downfall" is so harsh especially right afte his retirement. We should be able to celebrate careers like this, once in a lifetime players who we won't see the likes of again. I am an emotional Chelsea fan, so maybe this is all hitting a bit too hard right now hahah

my man put a early 2000's camcorder effect over 2020 hazard highlights 😂😂🤡🤡

Eden hasn't signed anywhere because he decided to retire. It's a pretty smart move seen the many injuries he has had. He's only 32. He didn't want to end up with permanent pain/injuries. Since he has enough money and investments, it's great he's able to do so. Sad for people enjoying football, but a smart move in the end.

Prime Hazard was just like figo where you would give them the ball and watch them do magic. I was very skeptical of his move to Real Madrid. He was only 28 but i felt like his body was already taking a beating being the most fouled prem player by a mile in 14-18. Honestly Sarri was on to something when he played hazard as an inside forward on his final season less fouls taken and more freedom culminating in his most successful season stats wise. Truly one of the last playmaking wingers of his generation.

sucks as he was so good at chelsea but I think at madrid his work ethic showed and slowly killed his career.