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Eriksen, from fear to joy at his awakening

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Christian Eriksen leaves the camp on a stretcher after being revived

Immediate heart massage saved the life of the Denmark and Inter Milan player

In the cursed year of the covid, European football experiences the drama of Christian Eriksen’s illness on the pitch in the 42nd minute of the first half of the awaited match between Denmark and Finland in Copenhagen. The Inter player, who had done a lot on the pitch without showing any difficulty or problem, is lying on the ground. A shocking scene that takes the breath away from the players, leaves the spectators in tears in the stands. The cameras linger on the scene, the commentators are dismayed.

The 29-year-old Inter player is motionless, the TV steals the disturbing image of his wide eyes. It is immediately clear that it is not a game injury, a simple fainting. Also because there had been no game contact. The Danish comrades put their hands in their hair. The doctor and masseurs arrive and move with a certain embarrassment. An ambulance is called, then she is stopped. The player does not move, with his head turned. One senses the drama, one does not want to believe in the tragedy already seen in so many playing fields, especially minor ones, never in a competition of such an important competition. The doctor practices cardiac massage, the intervention is prolonged over time without result, the defibrillator is brought.

The tearful Danish players flank their partner, form a circle of vision protection to safeguard Eriksen, an act of love and respect. Also shocked were the players of Finland, who had bravely opposed Denmark’s technical supremacy. The player’s wife arrives on the sidelines, weeps, consoled by the men on the bench. Nobody thinks about the match, the result, the spectators fall silent, cry and pray, until the only possible decision is made. Game suspended, the stretcher takes Eriksen away: then a photo, which has immediately traveled around the world, shows the watchful Inter, with his eyes open and one hand supporting his forehead. Thus we pass from terror to hope: after the rush to the hospital in the capital where the player faces the first treatments to stabilize his conditions, more comforting news arrives. The player is sedated but his condition improves. The Danish Football Association reassures: “Eriksen is awake.”

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Hands joined as a sign of prayer, encouragement from teammates and rivals scattered now in the various national teams: it is a chorus that joins, from Ronaldo to Inter, to fellow Sensi and Hakimi. “Come on Chris!” they all repeat. For the long-awaited Europeans, seen as a sign of recovery towards a return to life after the long hell of the covid, and which had opened last night with the great Olympic party, the shock was great. In Copenhagen, football experienced an afternoon of anguish and fear, endless moments of terror. Which with the passage of time have reopened to hope: the suspended match is played, Denmark and Finland return to the field, it ends 1-0 for the Finns. But it does not matter, the cheering joins, the match is for Eriksen nominated “Man of the match” by Uefa.

The mind runs to 2012: he made the story of Fabrice Muamba, 23, Congolese Bolton midfielder, hit a heart attack during a Premier League match against Tottenham and remained unconscious for 78 minutes, before the defibrillator used in the field, in the ambulance and again in the hospital – could make him regain consciousness. In the rest of the world, one can remember the dramas of the 28-year-old Cameroon midfielder Marc Foé, who suffered a heart attack on the pitch in 2003; 22-year-old Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta, also cardiac arrest on the pitch, in 2007; 26-year-old Espanyol defender Daniel Jarque, found dead following an asystole in his team’s retreat in Coverciano in 2009; of Fiorentina defender Davide Astori, found lifeless in his room in a hotel in Udine, where the team was away, in 2018.

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