Eriksen with pearl goals in the Denmark comeback
(Netherlands – Denmark 4-2, match in progress) Many were frightened when Christian Eriksen (30) had a cardiac arrest in the Park during this summer’s European Championships. Saturday night, he made the national team comeback with scoring after two minutes.
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The midfielder was traded in for his first international match after the dramatic summer evening in Copenhagen last summer. Both players, coaches and the audience applauded Denmark’s number 10.
And one minute and 55 seconds Eriksen reduced beautifully to 2-3 by squeezing the ball in the crossbar from 13-14 meters. It happened on his first touch.
“It is almost unbelievable,” writes Danish Ekstra Bladet.
“Christian Eriksen is back with a bang !!”, writes Berlingske Tidende.
Eriksen equaled Michael Laudrup, the nation’s best football player in history, with 37 goals for Denmark.
According to the Dutch newspaper NOS, Dutch home supporters have never before applauded so heartily for a goal against their own team.
Later in the match, Eriksen slammed the ball into the post with a long shot from 20 meters.
In the 70th minute, Steven Bergwijn put on for 4-2 for the Netherlands with a delicious finish.
At the break, the Netherlands led 3-1 after goals from Steven Bergwijn, Nathan Aké and Memphis Depay (penalties). Jannik Vestergaard scored the Danes’ goal when he equalized to 1-1.
Christian Eriksen signed this winter for English Brentford, and has three games from the start and one inning so far this season. Ahead of the national team gathering, he was infected with corona, but the 30-year-old managed to get ready to play for the settlement in Amsterdam on his old home field from his time in Ajax.
The return came 287 days after the bad time at home in the Park during the European Football Championship. Just like before the break of the match against Finland, Eriksen collapsed with cardiac arrest on the court. His life was saved by quick medical help.
A few days later, he underwent heart surgery and was discharged from Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen.