🚨 Denmark friendly abandoned: another scare for Eriksen | OneFootball

Very ugly scenes during the friendly match between Denmark and Ukraine.

Neither team will be taking part in the upcoming World Cup, but they still took to the pitch today for a test match.

After around 65 minutes, things suddenly became hectic on the field. TV footage on ‘DAZN’ showed that a Danish player had gone down without any contact from an opponent. At first, it was unclear who it was.

After that, the broadcast showed only one of the goals, and the stadium initially fell completely silent before all the spectators joined in collective applause.

It surely brought back memories of Euro 2021 not only for those present on the pitch. Back then, Christian Eriksen had to be resuscitated after collapsing during the group-stage match against Finland.

Several minutes after the collapse, it became clear that a circle had formed around the affected player. The referee then officially abandoned the match, and the players from both teams came together once more in one large circle.

It has since become clear that the player who collapsed was indeed once again Wolfsburg player Christian Eriksen. Fortunately, the Danish Football Association has now also given a slight all-clear. In a statement on ‘Instagram’, it said: “Christian Eriksen is conscious and is doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances. The match has been abandoned."

Earlier, several Danish sports newspapers had already reported that Eriksen had walked to the ambulance on his own. The Danish Football Association also confirmed that in a follow-up statement.

“Christian walked off the pitch on his own. He was unconscious, but quickly regained consciousness. He will now undergo further examinations at the hospital to find out what caused the incident. But he is doing okay so far, and he told me to let all the players know that he is okay,” the Danish team doctor was quoted as saying. 

Those are, of course, very good news for now, but the scene once again caused a huge shock and great concern in the football world. 

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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