{"id":102286,"date":"2026-06-08T03:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/102286\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T03:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:31:11","slug":"denmark-ukraine-friendly-called-off-after-christian-eriksen-collapses-on-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/102286\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark-Ukraine friendly called off after Christian Eriksen collapses on pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ODENSE (Denmark), June 7 \u2014 Denmark\u2019s friendly with Ukraine was called yesterday, when Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field.<\/p>\n<p>In the 65th minute, Eriksen, 34, reached for his chest area before falling to the ground. The game was called a short time after that.<\/p>\n<p>Eriksen was able to reach an ambulance on his feet, but a statement from the Danish federation stated that he was \u201cbriefly unconscious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident is especially notable, as Eriksen has a history with heart-related incidents on the pitch. In 2021 playing domestically for Inter Milan, Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest while representing Denmark at the European Championship and ultimately had to have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator inserted into his body to allow for electronically restarting his heart.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/345235.jpg\" alt=\"Denmark\u2019s and Ukraine\u2019s players huddle to accompany Christian Eriksen to a waiting ambulance during the football international friendly match between Denmark and Ukraine at Odense Stadium in Denmark, on June 7, 2026. \u2014 AFP pic\" title=\"Denmark\u2019s and Ukraine\u2019s players huddle to accompany Christian Eriksen to a waiting ambulance during the football international friendly match between Denmark and Ukraine at Odense Stadium in Denmark, on June 7, 2026. \u2014 AFP pic\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none';\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>        <\/p>\n<p>Denmark\u2019s and Ukraine\u2019s players huddle to accompany Christian Eriksen to a waiting ambulance during the football international friendly match between Denmark and Ukraine at Odense Stadium in Denmark, on June 7, 2026. \u2014 AFP pic<\/p>\n<p>National team doctor Morten Boesen credited the device with helping Eriksen regain consciousness yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I see it, the pacemaker responded as it should,\u201d Boesen said. \u201cHe was briefly unconscious but regained consciousness very quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will now undergo further examinations at the hospital to determine what caused the incident. We are in ongoing contact with him and the doctors at the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eriksen spent a year away from the sport following the June 2021 incident, eventually resurfacing with Brentford. He has since played with Manchester United and VfL Wolfsburg.<\/p>\n<p>He has six appearances with no goals for Denmark this year. \u2014 Reuters<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ODENSE (Denmark), June 7 \u2014 Denmark\u2019s friendly with Ukraine was called yesterday, when Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[27744,27,26,52291,52324,52290,241],"class_list":["post-102286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-christian-eriksen","tag-danmark","tag-denmark","tag-european-championship","tag-inter-milan","tag-morten-boesen","tag-ukraine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116712379949007053","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}