Euro 2020: Christian Eriksen had cardiac arrest, confirms Denmark group physician

Denmark’s Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest when he collapsed throughout his facet’s Euro 2020 opening match towards Finland, his group’s physician confirmed on Sunday, however the motive remained unclear.
“He was gone; we did cardiac resuscitation, it was a cardiac arrest. We got him back after one defib (defibrillation),” Morten Boesen advised a information convention, including that Eriksen remained in hospital for additional exams after his collapse on Saturday.
“The exams that have been done so far look fine,” Boesen added. “We don’t have an explanation to why it happened.”
Eriksen, 29, collapsed instantly within the forty second minute of the match whereas working close to the left touchline after a Denmark throw-in. As a hush fell over the 16,000-strong crowd, his teammates gathered round him whereas he was handled on the pitch after which carried off on a stretcher.
The Danish gamers had been involved with Eriksen through a video convention, mentioned Peter Moller, director of Danish soccer affiliation DBU.
Coach Kasper Hjulmand mentioned Eriksen had advised him he didn’t bear in mind a lot from Saturday’s collapse and that he was wanting to get again on to the pitch.
Hjulmand quoted the midfielder as saying: “I think you are feeling worse than I am. I feel as if I’m about to go training now, boys.”
“Christian is in good spirits and it’s a huge relief for the players after all this uncertainty,” Hjulmand mentioned. “There is no doubt that we have been on the ropes.”
Messages of assist for Eriksen, who performs for Inter Milan, have poured in.
The Group B recreation was halted and finally restarted an hour and 45 minutes later. Finland went on to win 1-0.