Nine months after suffering a cardiac arrest, Christian Eriksen returns to the Denmark national team

Nine months after suffering a cardiac arrest, Christian Eriksen returns to the Denmark national team

The Brentford midfielder Christian Eriksen was summoned this Tuesday for the next two denmark friendlies against the Netherlands and Serbia, nine months after suffering a cardiac arrest with his team at Euro 2020.

Eriksen, who He has a defibrillator installed and returned to the pitch at the end of February, he collapsed during the Denmark-Finland match at Parken in Copenhagen on June 12 and it took several minutes to revive him.

It looks the same. I have followed it closely. He was recently in London to see him training and playing and he is in very good shape. He has played at a very high level. Of course you still have to improve things, but is at a high level”, he said at a press conference manager, Kasper Hjulmandabout Eriksen, who has made 109 appearances and scored 36 goals for Denmark.

On the list, Sevilla midfielder Thomas Delaney also appears but not Barcelona striker Martin Braithwaite, a regular in Hjulmand’s calls.

“Martin was injured in August and since he came back he has only played ten minutes. I’ve visited him and I’ve talked to him, but I haven’t been able to see him play yet,” said the coach.

Denmark, which is already qualified for the World Cup in Qatar, will concentrate next Monday in Marbella (southern Spain), from where he will travel to Amsterdam on the 25th to play the next day against the Netherlands. Three days later, the Red Dynamite will host Serbia at Parken. (D)

Source: Eluniverso

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