Europeans, Eriksen ill in Denmark-Finland: the news

The Inter midfielder collapsed in the 43rd minute of the Copenhagen match. The player spoke to his teammates, who returned to the field

by our correspondent Davide Stoppini

June 12th
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“Christian Eriksen is awake and remains in stable condition. He will remain in hospital to undergo further tests “. It is the Danish federation that makes the world breathe a sigh of relief for the conditions of the Inter player, who collapsed to the ground in the 43rd minute of Denmark-Finland, the third match of the European Championship that began at 6 pm in Copenhagen. The match resumed at 20.30, at the request of the players of the two teams who decided to return to the field once they learned that Eriksen was fine. “He breathes and he can speak: he is out of danger,” the player’s agent, Martin Schoots, told a Danish radio after speaking to the 29-year-old Inter player’s father. Peter Møller, Denmark’s technical director, told Danish public television that Eriksen spoke to his teammates from his hospital bed, reassuring them of his condition and telling them he wanted them to continue.

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fear

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Frost in Copenhagen’s Parken. In the 43rd minute of the Denmark-Finland Eriksen collapses near the sideline, while going towards a team-mate throw-in to receive. An awkward movement, the legs bending, the player falling with his face forward. It soon becomes clear that it is something serious. After being rescued on the pitch, the player was taken to hospital and stabilized.

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the rescue

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The Danish players put their hands in their hair, the teammates motion to the doctors to hurry the entrance. The medical staff enters, then immediately after the health workers. Eriksen is motionless, on the ground. You need a heart massage, repeated. Denmark players stand in front of the player to protect him. Silence falls on the stadium. Heart massage goes on for a long time. People hug each other, terror in their faces. At one point, the Danish coach Hjulan runs to the opposite stand while talking on the phone. It is Eriksen’s wife who asks to enter the field, is embraced by Hjulmand himself and then by Kjaer and Schmeichel. Eleven minutes of terror. Then Eriksen is put on the stretcher and exits the Parken, intubated, to the applause of the people, to reach the nearby Rigshospitlaet hospital. The first photos of the moment of leaving the field bode well: the player, although intubated, seems conscious, so much so that he looks around, a hand on his forehead.

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The match

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Shortly after the stop, UEFA announced the temporary suspension of the match. The players have decided to return to the field after having received the reassuring news on Eriksen’s condition: he resumes with the last 4 ‘of the first half, a 5’ break and then the restart.

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l’uefa

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Eriksen is joined by the closeness of Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin: “Moments like these put life in perspective. I wish Christian a quick and complete recovery and pray that his family will have strength and faith. Moments like these show the unity of the football family: Christian and his family felt everyone’s closeness. I have heard the fans of both teams chant his name. Football is beautiful and Christian plays it beautifully ”.

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The Inter doctor

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Piero Volpi, the Inter doctor, told the Associated Press that Eriksen has never had Covid, has no medical conditions that the club is aware of and has always passed every clinical exam without any problems he has undergone since. joined Inter from Tottenham in January 2020.

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