Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapses during match with Ukraine
Summary
Danish football player Christian Eriksen collapsed during a friendly game against Ukraine but quickly regained consciousness and walked off the field. The match was stopped, and Eriksen was taken to the hospital for further tests.Key Facts
- Christian Eriksen collapsed about 20 minutes into the second half of the Denmark vs. Ukraine friendly match.
- Both teams formed a ring around him while medics treated him on the pitch.
- Eriksen walked to the ambulance by himself and was reported to be doing well under the circumstances.
- He has a pacemaker-like device called an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) after a cardiac arrest in 2021.
- Eriksen asked team doctors to tell players he was okay after the incident.
- The match was abandoned with Denmark leading 2-1.
- Neither Denmark nor Ukraine qualified for the upcoming World Cup.
- Eriksen resumed professional soccer in 2022 after recovering from his previous cardiac arrest.
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