Christian Eriksen recalled to Denmark squad for first time since cardiac arrest

March 15, 2022

The midfielder collapsed throughout Denmark’s sport in opposition to Finland in Copenhagen final 12 months and obtained life-saving therapy on the pitch. Eriksen was later fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) machine, a sort of pacemaker meant to stop deadly cardiac arrests by discharging a jolt to revive common coronary heart rhythm.

The 30-year-old signed as a free agent for Premier League membership Brentford in January after former membership Inter Milan terminated his contract, as Serie A guidelines don’t allow footballers to play in Italy’s prime division with an ICD fitted.

He made his Brentford debut instead within the 2-0 Premier League defeat to Newcastle on February 26 and has since began in back-to-back victories for the Bees.

Denmark is about to play pleasant matches in opposition to the Netherlands on March 26 and Serbia on March 29.

On the finish of final 12 months, Eriksen was coaching with former membership Odense Boldklub in Denmark and the 30-year-old mentioned in January that his coronary heart was “not an impediment” to his ambitions of a return to soccer and to function on the 2022 World Cup.

The Danes have already certified for this 12 months’s World Cup and Eriksen mentioned that it will be “a dream” to signify Denmark in Qatar.