MORNING FOOTBALL FANS
Christian Eriksen “was gone” before he was resuscitated on the pitch, Denmark’s team doctor has revealed.
Football has united in support for the Inter Milan midfielder, who is said to be “stable” after collapsing during Saturday’s 1-0 loss against Finland.
And doc Morten Boesen said: “He was gone. We did cardiac resuscitation, it was a cardiac arrest.
“How close were we to losing him? I don’t know, but we got him back after one defib [defibrillation] so that’s quite fast.
“The examinations that have been done so far look fine. We don’t have an explanation as to why it happened.”
Eriksen’s Denmark team-mates have received psychological help.
But manager Kasper Hjulmand criticised Uefa for asking his team if they wanted to resume the match.
He said: “I think it was the wrong thing to make the decision between the two scenarios in this case.
“The players didn’t know if they lost their best friend and they had to decide.
“I have a feeling we shouldn’t have played, to just get on the bus and go home and see what the next days brought.”
But Hjulmand also revealed that Eriksen told him: “I think you are feeling worse than I am. I feel as if I’m about to go training now, boys.”
Meanwhile, ex-Bolton star Fabrice Muamba, who had to retire in 2012 after a similar horrifying experience, hailed the “brilliant” treatment Eriksen received.
Muamba added: “The most important thing and number one priority for us all is to give Christian and his family space and time to heal and recover.”
