Eight months after suffering cardiac arrest during a Euro CupDane Christian Eriksen played his first minutes with his new team, Brentford, in a friendly against Southend, from the 5th division, the English club announced on Monday.
“Christian Eriksen played his first few minutes in the Brentford shirt this afternoon, playing for 60 minutes in a 3-2 win against Southend United behind closed doors,” explained the London-based club. English Premier League.
“The Dane was very active in midfield and assisted Josh Dasilva’s first goal, scorer of a ‘hat-trick'”, detailed Brentford.
Eriksen, who turns 30 this Monday, also had two chances to score early in the game, but it was not effective.
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Wearing a defibrillator after he had to be revived on the pitch during the match between Denmark and Finland in the last European Championship, in June last year, Eriksen signed a contract with Brentford in January, until the end of this season, after leaving the Inter Milanas he cannot work professionally in Italy with an implanted heart device.
A week ago, Brentford’s coach, also from Denmark, Thomas Frank, explained that the midfielder’s return to the pitch would be the result of “a progressive process of one, two or three weeks”.
“He hasn’t trained with a team for seven months and I believe it’s important that his evolution is not interrupted by any small injury”, justified the coach.
Eriksen, in turn, said in an interview with BBC last week that he doesn’t fear returning to the pitch: “I’m not afraid, I don’t feel my defibrillator, so if I get hit, I know it’s tough enough.”
“I’m not afraid of the jackpots that will come or of the possible intimidation in the game”, he added.
Brentford’s next official duel will be on Saturday, against Arsenal, by the Premier League.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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