Euro 2020: Christian Eriksen discharged from hospital after successful heart surgery in Copenhagen

Football fans can breathe a huge sigh of relief as Denmark superstar Christian Eriksen has finally been discharged from the hospital after a successful heart surgery following his collapse in a Euro 2020 game last week.

Eriksen was fitted with a heart-starter device (ICD) following his cardiac arrest in Denmark’s opening match in Group B against Finland in Copenhagen.

The Danish soccer federation wrote on Twitter that Eriksen has been through a successful operation.

“The operation went well, and I am doing well under the circumstances,” Eriksen said in the tweet.

Eriksen gave the entire football fraternity a massive scare when he collapsed on the pitch in the 42nd minute with the score level at 0-0 in the first half. He was immediately attended to by the medical staff while Denmark players formed a ring around their teammate to block the fans’ view inside the stadium.

Denmark team’s doctor later confirmed that Eriksen “was gone” and was brought back after being administered Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the pitch.

“He was gone; we did cardiac resuscitation, it was a cardiac arrest. We got him back after one defib (defibrillation),” Morten Boesen told a news conference, adding that Eriksen remained in hospital for further tests after his collapse on Saturday.

“The exams that have been done so far look fine,” Boesen added. “We don’t have an explanation to why it happened.”

Eriksen was stretchered off the pitch after a few minutes and he seemed to be awake at the time. The match was suspended by an hour and 45 minutes by UEFA but later a call was taken to restart. Finland went on to win 1-0 with their only attempt of the game.