2 min readUpdated: Jun 8, 2026 12:09 AM IST
Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch in a match vs Ukraine on Saturday, leading to match getting called off. He was conscious, the Danish Football Federation said in a social media post.
“Christian Eriksen is conscious and is doing well under the circumstances,” the federation said in a statement on X.
The incident brought back horrible memories from 2021 when Eriksen had collapsed during a Euro 2020 match in Copenhagen and was given life-saving CPR treatment. He was later fitted with a special heart-starting device known as an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD).
🚨 Danish Federation announce Christian Eriksen is “conscious and doing well under the circumstances”.
Thoughts and prayers with him ❤️ pic.twitter.com/MClrnb6Qev
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 7, 2026
After the 2021 incident, Denmark team doctor Martin Boesen had spoken at the post-match press conference and gave the lowdown on how things unfolded on the pitch. “It was clear he was unconscious. When I got to him he was on his side, he was breathing, I could feel a pulse, but suddenly that changed and we started to give him CPR,” Boesen had said, as quoted by the BBC.
I hope he considers retirement after this incident, so sad man❤️🙏 pic.twitter.com/hcypvjPJjY
— Kai (@katrinahkai) June 7, 2026
“The help came really fast from the medical team and the rest of the staff with their co-operation, and we did what we had to do and managed to get Christian back. He spoke to me before he was taken to hospital,” the doctor added.
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