Eriksen faces Series A ban

CHRISTIAN Eriksen will not be allowed to play for Inter Milan again unless the defibrillator installed after his cardiac arrest while on Denmark duty is removed, the Italian Football Association has said. The 29-year-old collapsed during his country's Euro 2020 opener against Finland on June 12 and required urgent CPR treatment from pitch-side medics. Eriksen was brought back to life on the pitch but the remainder his football career remains in doubt.

CHRISTIAN Eriksen will not be allowed to play for Inter Milan again unless the defibrillator installed after his cardiac arrest while on Denmark duty is removed, the Italian Football Association has said.

The 29-year-old collapsed during his country’s Euro 2020 opener against Finland on June 12 and required urgent CPR treatment from pitch-side medics.

Eriksen was brought back to life on the pitch, but the remainder his football career remains in doubt.

It was confirmed after his cardiac arrest that Eriksen now has an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) inserted in his chest to regulate any further disturbances in his heartbeat.

Eriksen plays for Inter Milan in Italy, a country which bans players at both amateur and professional level from competing if they have any significant heart abnormalities.

And Francesco Braconaro, a member of the Italian FA’s technical scientific committee, revealed the Danish footballer must have the defibrillator removed to play in Italian football again, as it will show he has no further heart problems.

Braconaro told Radio Kiss Kiss: “Eriksen cannot be given the allclear to play in Italy. If the player has the defibrillator removed, therefore, confirming the pathology can be resolved, then he can return to play for Inter.”

During Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 with Finland on June 12, Eriksen went to ground unchallenged mid-way through the match in Copenhagen and received immediate CPR treatment from medical staff.

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