3RD UPDATE: A day after Denmark star Christian Erikson was visited by some of his teammates after his horrifying cardiac arrest incident on the field at the European Championships, he tweeted out t…
Denmark star midfielderremained in stable condition Monday in a Copenhagen hospital after collapsing during his team’s Euro 2020 game against Finland on Saturday, as a few of his teammates met with the media for the first time and a former Denmark star suggested the team had no choice but to continue the game after Eriksen’s collapse.
“It gives you the feeling that it’s OK to move forward,” Hojbjerg said after the team’s training session today,the Associated Press. “We really want to play on Thursday, to play for Christian and to play for everyone who has supported us.” “I actually saw an official quote from UEFA yesterday saying that they were following the advice of the player, the players insisted on playing. I know that not to be the truth,” he told ITV’s“[The Denmark team] were left with three options, one was to play immediately and get the last 50 minutes played. The next one was to come in [Sunday] at 12 noon and finish the 50 minutes, and the third option was to forfeit the game 3-0,” he said. “So work it out for yourself.
Eriksen is in stable condition at a Copenhagen hospital and spoke to teammates via video link on Sunday, team officials said.
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