With 65 minutes gone on the clock in the friendly against Ukraine, Danish international Christian Eriksen suddenly collapsed in scenes reminiscent of the EURO 2021 match against Finland.
After 20 long minutes, during which television viewers and spectators waited in anxiety, the Wolfsburg player fortunately got back on his feet and, escorted by Danish and Ukrainian national team players, walked to the ambulance waiting to take him to Odense University Hospital.
For cardiologist Henning Molgaard, there is no doubt that the pacemaker made the decisive difference for Christian Eriksen.
“His pacemaker did the job to save his life," says the cardiologist to BT.dk. The cardiologist states that patients with a pacemaker have it for a reason and also states that a scenario like this can happen again.
"It can definitely happen again. We see this in many completely ordinary people who have a small, discreet heart disease, who go into cardiac arrest again, and then the pacemaker comes into effect. So, regardless of what is behind Christian Eriksen's case, it can happen again."
The friendly between Denmark and Ukraine was called off after the incident. Christian Eriksen is still being monitored but is expected to leave the hospital today to go on holiday.