Denmark’s Eriksen hopes to play in the World Cup, even after a heart attack

Dane Christian Eriksen, who starred in one of the most impactful scenes of the last Euro Cup when he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game, hopes to be able to compete in the World Cup in Qatar at the end of the year, he assured this Tuesday in an interview on his television. parents.

“I want to play football. There’s no reason not to do that,” said the midfielder in a statement that will be broadcast in full in the coming days on the public network DR.

Denmark is already qualified for the Worlds.

“My goal is to play in the World Cup in Qatar. I can come back… then I need to be called up,” added the 29-year-old, who in December ended his contract with Inter Milan by mutual agreement. Italian authorities do not allow a professional athlete to play with a pacemaker.

“(Doctors) tell me I’m fine. They say everything is fine. That everything is stabilized, so I have the impression that I have the green light to play football again,” he added.

The former Tottenham player suffered a cardiac arrest on June 12, 2021 in Copenhagen, in the middle of his national team’s game against Finland.

The intervention of the stadium’s emergency services, which performed a cardiac massage on the pitch, allowed the player to be revived after he passed out on the field.

The player spent several days in hospital and doctors implanted a pacemaker.

The case generated great commotion in Denmark, where Eriksen is an idol, and in the Danish national team, which has recovered from the shock and managed to reach the semifinals of the tournament.

Christian Eriksen has recently started training on the premises of Odense, the club of his childhood, both physically and with the ball, although club sources told the Danish newspaper B.T. that the player is not training with the professional team.