Christian Eriksen is expected to be discharged from hospital soon after he collapsed during the friendly match between Denmark and Ukraine five years after surviving a cardiac arrest.
The match, in which Denmark was leading 2-1, was halted after the veteran midfielder suddenly fell during the 65th minute, leaving players and fans in shock.
Medical teams rushed on to the pitch to provide emergency treatment before he was taken to hospital.
Denmark’s national team doctor, Morten Boesen, who is widely credited with saving Eriksen’s life when he collapsed in 2021, said the player is “doing well”.
He is with his family and in good spirits. The expectation is that he will be discharged soon and can return home.
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On Sunday, Boesen shared this statement about Eriksen’s condition:
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Eriksen quickly regained consciousness
Eyewitnesses at the stadium in Odense, Denmark, Eriksen clutched his chest moments before collapsing on the field.
Players from both teams formed a circle around their teammate while he received treatment. The scene echoed the terrifying incident during the Euro match against Finland five years earlier when Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest.
The Danish Football Association later announced, as reported by Reuters, that Eriksen quickly regained consciousness after the incident.
Meanwhile, organisers decided to cancel the match to ensure the safety of everyone involved given the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the event.
Cardiac device intervenes again
The implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) that Eriksen has had since 2021 functioned normally during this latest health crisis, it was reported. Doctors considered this to be an important factor in stabilising his condition.
The Danish team doctor also said:
Christian Eriksen is doing well and walked off the pitch by himself. As I see it, the pacemaker responded as it should. He was briefly unconscious, but regained consciousness very quickly, and we were quickly in contact with him.
He will now undergo further examinations at the hospital to determine what caused the incident.
While awaiting the final test results, the most important news for football fans remains that he left the pitch conscious and in stable condition. However, this emergency has reopened a wound for fans that had never fully healed since the summer of 2021.
The international sports community will continue to send “strength and love to Christian and the Eriksen family as we await further news”.
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