Three years and 4 days after struggling a cardiac arrest in entrance of the world at EURO 2020, Christian Eriksen accomplished the last word comeback to attain Denmark's first purpose at Euro 2024 on Sunday.
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Eriksen burst into the penalty space when teammate Jonas Wind back-heeled a move into Eriksen's path. One contact on the chest, a bounce off the bottom and Eriksen struck the ball slightly below the far put up as the gang in Stuttgart, Germany erupted into jubilant celebrations on all 4 corners and sides. A really particular second that few of us will ever neglect.
That is what goals are product of ❤️
Christian Eriksen opens scoring for Denmark at EURO 2024 after struggling cardiac arrest throughout Euro 2020 🙏🇩🇰 pic.twitter.com/8fjnoRoSzp
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Three years after the incident, the severity of Eriksen's medical scenario isn’t any much less chilling now than it was within the seconds, minutes and hours that instantly adopted.
He was gone. And we carried out CPR. It was a cardiac arrest. How shut had been we? I don't know. We received him again after one defibrillator. That's fairly quick. How shut had been we? I don't know.
Danish workforce physician Morten Boesen
