We got Eriksen back: Team Doc

Milan, June 13: Denmark’s team doctor said on Sunday that Christian Eriksen’s heart stopped and that “he was gone” before being resuscitated with a defibrillator at the Euro Championship.

Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 group game against Finland on Saturday and was given lengthy medical treatment before regaining consciousness.

“He was gone. And we did cardiac resuscitation. And it was cardiac arrest,” said team doctor Morten Boesen, who led the work in giving Eriksen treatment on the field. “How close were we? I don’t know. We got him back after one defib. That’s quite fast.”

Boesen said it was still unclear what caused the midfielder’s collapse. “I’m not cardiologist, so the details about why it happened and further, I will leave to the experts,” he said.

HE HAD NO HEALTH ISSUES: INTER DOCTOR

Eriksen showed no hint of any underlying health condition, Inter Milan’s team doctor said on Sunday.

“We had a bad time, not just me, but the whole family of our club,” Piero Volpi told Gazzetta Dello Sport.

“In the next few days he will be subjected to indepth examinations.

“The important thing is that he is well, but there had never been any episode that even remotely hinted at a problem when he was at Tottenham nor at Inter. In Italy there are very strict controls.”

CHRISTIAN HOPES TO BE BACK SOON

Inter CEO Giuseppe Marotta said that Eriksen had sent a message on the team chat reassuring them: “I’m fine, I hope to be back soon.”

“Those harsh images foreshadowed dramatic things, but luckily it wasn’t so thanks to the doctors,” said Marotta.

“He never had Covid and he has never been vaccinated, we don’t want to be intrusive because it’s right for the player to be calm.”

LUKAKU DEDICATES GOALS TO ERIKSEN

Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku said he shed tears for Christian Eriksen before dedicating his twogoal haul in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Russia at Euro 2020 to his stricken Inter Milan team-mate.

“I am really happy with the win, but it was hard for me to play because my thoughts were with him,” said Lukaku.

— AFP Denmark’s Christian Eriksen (centre) is evacuated after collapsing on the pitch during the Euro match at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on Saturday.

— AFP Denmark’s goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel (right) and defender Simon Kjaer (centre) comfort Sabrina Kvist Jensen, partner of Christian Eriksen.