"Zidane is my idol, I started playing football thanks to him"

The RTBF brought together the Chelsea striker. Eden Hazard. and the former cyclist. Eddy Merckx. to ask them various questions in which all of them had two possible answers. Hazard took advantage of this opportunity to show his great admiration for Zidane. 

Hazard was asked who he preferred out of Zidane and the Belgium coach, Roberto Martinez. The Belgian replied: "As a player, I think there's no comparison. I have a lot of respect for Zidane, he has been my idol, thanks to him I started playing football. But due to the victories achieved with Martinez, I will say Martinez."

"When I started at Lille at 18 or 19, I didn't feel it too much when I got kicked. I have played more than 500 games as a professional, I get fouled a lot and I feel them especially on my ankles and knees," added Hazard. In addition, he had time to speak of his competitiveness on the field of play: "I don't get very angry after a bad result, relatively speaking. Of course, I am not happy when I lose, but you can't always win."

The Belgian international was also asked about Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, although on this occasion, Hazard decided to sit on the fence: "I'll take both of them".

Merckx said the following about the Chelsea player: "If Eden were a cyclist, he would have been strong in the Paris-Roubaix because of his weight; he would have been quite good in the mountains."