Belgium coach Roberto Martinez provides positive Eden Hazard injury update

Roberto Martinez calmed the fears surrounding Eden Hazard’s injury after the Chelsea star suffered a ‘dead leg’ in Belgium’s warm-up match with Costa Rica.

Hazard was forced off in the 70th minute of Belgium’s 4-1 victory on Monday, just a week before the team’s opening Group G game in Russia against Panama.

England will have been keeping an eye on the Belgian’s fitness from a distance, with England set to play Belgium on June 26.
But it seems the Chelsea forward was taken off as a precaution and should be available for the start in their first game against Panama.

Asked about Hazard’s injury after the victory, Belgium boss Martinez said: ‘Eden is okay, he had a little trouble, but it’s nothing to worry about.

‘I really enjoyed his performance. He was sharp and strong, he was majestic.

‘At the end he just came off because he had a little bit of a dead leg, a little bit of a knock on his leg.’