Eriksen saw himself dead, but now he’s looking for a big comeback

Christian Eriksen went through hell at the last European Championship, fighting for his life in the opening game. Thoughts of whether he would ever play football again went by the wayside. The fears were much worse. But now he’s about to make a big comeback.

Eriksen’s girlfriend as a support

Less than eight months after he had a cardiac arrest on the pitch, he is preparing for his return to world football. He has already had his first training sessions with his new team Brentford. After the aforementioned incident, he told his girlfriend Sabrina Kvist Jensen that there was no way he could continue playing football.

However, after eight months he is returning to the green lawns and the reason is also the attitude of her partner. “If Sabrina said I shouldn’t play, I’m not here,” the 29-year-old midfielder spoke to The Sun about the support of his other half.

The distraught mother of his two children jumped the barriers around the pitch to be by her husband’s side when he collapsed during the EURA 2020 match against Finland. According to legendary Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, whose son Kasper was the Danish national team goalkeeper that day, the devoted Sabrina thought her partner was dead. Kasper tried to reassure her that day that Eriksen was breathing.

Eriksen will play with a heart monitoring machine

Christian Eriksen will be playing at his new home ground Brentford with a pacemaker-type device (called an ICD) that can restart his heart in the event of an accident. This makes him the only Premier League player to run around the turf with such a device. “If it happens again, this thing can help me. That’s very reassuring,” the Danish footballer said.

Dr Malcolm Finlay, a cardiologist at London Bridge Hospital, describes the ICD as a life-saving brake. The doctor said the device listens to the heartbeat, and if the heart runs at an insanely fast pace, then the computer delivers an electric shock to the heart.

Eriksen is eyeing a return to the Danish national team

Eriksen, however, will not be content with just returning to British football. “My goal is to play in the World Cup in Qatar,” he spells out. He is confident that he is back to his original form and can return to the Danish national team.

As Denmark progressed through the tournament to the semi-final clash with England at Wembley, Eriksen admits he longed to be on the pitch. “I was happy they got that far, but I wanted to be there with them,” he spoke of his desire to help the team.

Eriksen at Brentford

To regain full fitness, he worked with a personal trainer at Swiss club FC Chiasso, an hour’s drive from his Milan apartment. Yet he could not continue at Inter because rules in Italy prohibit players from competing with heart monitoring devices.

But as we informed you last week, Premier League newcomer Brentford signed the Danish player while successfully fighting to stay in the Premier League.

“Apart from being a top player and a superstar, he is very humble and down to earth,” Brentford manager Thomas Frank said of his new acquisition, according to the Sun. “It will be a special day when he starts a game again. It’ s a small miracle that he wants to play football again,” his coach added.

The 2020 European Championship tournament between Denmark and Finland, when Eriksen collapsed, will remain indelibly etched in the minds of all who witnessed it.

However, the heart of a fighter is not denied in this Danish footballer and we wish him that his next football steps will be full of joy and health.

Source: The Sun