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Christian Eriksen 'doing well' after collapsing on pitch during Denmark's match with Ukraine

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Svend Bertil Frandsen

Published 2 weeks ago

Denmark's friendly against Ukraine was called off after 65 minutes when Christian Eriksen collapsed in a situation reminiscent of when the Danish international suffered a cardiac arrest in the nation's game against Finland at EURO 2021.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/denmark/0KUdxQVi/"]Denmark[/a]'s friendly match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ukraine/j1JtDMwo/"]Ukraine[/a] was interrupted in the second half when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eriksen-christian/nBRuYbqs/"]Eriksen[/a] collapsed. Help was quickly on hand, and players from both the Danish and Ukrainian teams surrounded him.[/p][p]After about five minutes, it was reported that the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wolfsburg/nwkTahLL/"]Wolfsburg[/a] player was conscious, and later he got on his feet again and was escorted off the pitch by his wife, Sabrina, to the ambulance, while a number of the players on the pitch were crying and clearly emotionally affected.[/p][embed guid="6de11006-033e-4313-8d07-ceff8f9cdc89" url="https://x.com/dbulandshold/status/2063691377834176745" social-type="twitter" /][p]All Danish and Ukrainian players gathered in a circle after the referee had called off the game, and the players were loudly applauded by the spectators. [/p][p]The Danish FA has reported on X that Christian Eriksen is conscious and doing well, judging by the circumstances. [/p][p]"It is a really shocking experience for everyone, said Danish national team coach Brian Riemer to TV 2 Sport after the match was called off. [/p][p][b]"The most important thing was, of course, in the first place that we got a message about Christian, and it was handled fantastically by doctor Morten Boesen, who told us that Eriksen was doing well. That was the most important thing."[/b][/p][p]Danish captain Pierre Emile Hojbjerg also spoke about how he experienced the situation when Eriksen collapsed. [/p][p][b]"I can only say how I saw it with my eyes. There was a throw-in, and I quietly walked out to the side. Then I turned around, and I saw that Christian fell to the ground. We knew what that meant, and we responded super quickly and respectfully. Yes ... I can only praise those who took care of it, and Christian himself left the field."[/b][/p][p]"I can't say much else. You get a shock, don't you? The most important thing is that Christian is well."[/p]

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