Recovered from cardiac arrest, Christian Eriksen longs to play for Denmark in the Qatar World Cup

Danish Christian Eriksen, which starred in one of the impacts of the past Eurocup when suffering a cardiac arrest in the middle of the game, wait power play the Qatar World Cup at the end of the year, he assured his country’s television on Tuesday.

“I want to play soccer. There is no reason not to “, declared the talented midfielder in an interview that will be broadcast in its entirety in the coming days by the public network DR.

“My goal is to play the Qatar World Cup. I can return… then I need to be called up, ”added the 29-year-old footballer, who in December broke his contract with Inter Milan by mutual agreement by not accepting the Italian authorities that a professional footballer could play with a pacemaker.

“(The doctors) They tell me i’m fine. They say everything is OK. That everything is stabilized, so I have the impression that I have the green light to be able to play soccer again”He added.

The former Tottenham player suffered a cardiac arrest on June 12 in Copenhagen in full match with his team against Finland.

The intervention of the emergency services at the stadium, who applied a heart massage on the pitch, enabled the player to be revived after collapsing on the pitch.

The footballer spent several days in the hospital and the doctors They implanted a pacemaker.

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The case caused a great commotion in Denmark, where he’s an idol, and within the Danish team itself, which recovered from what happened and reached the semifinals of the tournament.

Recently, Eriksen has started training at the Odense facilities, the club of his childhood, both physically and with the ball, although club sources told the Danish newspaper B.T. that the footballer is not training with the professional team. (D)