- 7 May 2012
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Hey Rafa, don't make Chelsea fans get frustrated, then you can feel like the ballboy.From Rafa himself: "Hazard was frustrated and tried to get the ball. He was kicking the ball and getting the ball."

Rafa Benitez finishes a lively press conference by saying that ball-boy incident is reflective of a fame-driven "Big Brother society"
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37m Henry Winter Henry Winter @henrywinter

and preceded to cry and struggle to move for some reason. The 17 year old ballboy is the son of Swansea City director Martin Morgan, and boasted on his twitter before the game that he would be stationed behind the goal and would be needed for time wasting...
The 17 year old ballboy is the son of Swansea City director Martin Morgan, and boasted on his twitter before the game that he would be stationed behind the goal and would be needed for time wasting...

The reaction about not hurting 'a child' is bullshit. A 17 year old is not a child. The kid had tweeted befor the match that he would help winning time, so what he did was deliberate.
To be fair if you can see the whole clip, Hazard knocked the kid onto the ball. Kid was taking his time picking it up though.

What Hazard did is basically not done.
But let's not get hysterical. Maybe people should read Laudrup's reaction. It shows that he's an intelligent and sensible person.
This incident reminds me about the Cantona incident. At the time i was a big Man Utd fan and i loved Cantona. I also like Hazard, i know his father (played football with him) so i'm biased. But what the hell, everybody is biased.
I have the same reaction as with Cantona. This shows that hese players as a player and as a human being have a touch of genius. The reaction about not hurting 'a child' is bullshit. A 17 year old is not a child. The kid had tweeted befor the match that he would help winning time, so what he did was deliberate. Both Hazard and the kid apologized to each other. Hazard will have a deserved ban and that should be it...
Hazard has no past as an unfair player or a crook. I know that his parents let him go to Lille because Lille was the one club where football was not the most important thing in the kids life. Hazard and his brothers had good school results and are not typical football players in their reactions (while they are not like Kompany either).
He made a mistake, but it's not the end of the world. I have a feeling that the problem between Hazard and his victim is already solved.
This is not about Rooney. This is about a player who received a red card and should be left alone. Hazard did not kick a kid like you are ridiculously implying beach.
1 he was a 17 year old who before the match had made his intentions clear
2 Hazard made a toe poke and never touched the kid when he did that, he had the ball
3 before that Hazard pushed the balladolescent and that is why he deserved his red card.
Of course you will not accept this from me, but look at the reactions of the football world, even the president of Swansea has declared that a red card is enough. Oh and Rio Ferdinand also defended Hazard. If Hazard would have played for any other club you would have defended him.
And the fact that the police will investigate this because 3 idiots made a complaint against Hazard is outrageous. But apparently this is the law in the United Kingdom.