Playmaker Christian Eriksen said he was “very happy” to be back with the Danish team on Thursday.
His return comes nine months following his cardiac arrest in the middle of the Euro, which required the implantation of an internal defibrillator.
‘I am very happy and happy to be back in the selection. It’s been a long time, so I’m happy to be back,’ Eriksen told reporters in Marbella, where the Danish team is training this week.
The 30-year-old Dane remained motionless on the lawn for long minutes once morest Finland on June 12, under the dumbfounded eyes of his teammates, the stadium and millions of television viewers, before finally coming to his senses following a emergency rescue.
‘I was lucky with the doctors and the diagnosis. Everything is good to play once more and it motivates me even more to get back to my old life, ”added the Brentford player, who should start during the match on Saturday in a friendly in the Netherlands. “I wouldn’t have shown up here if I hadn’t known if I was able to come back without anything bad happening to me,” he said.
For Danish coach Kasper Hjulmand, ‘it’s a strong feeling, we are very happy to have him here’. ‘It was a great moment when he joined the squad yesterday,’ added the technician, who had indicated on Wednesday that ‘the most likely is that (Eriksen) will start as a substitute once morest the Netherlands, and then we’ll see how it goes in Amsterdam. But he will be 100% available to go home’ once morest Serbia.
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