Euro 2020: Denmark set for emotional return against Belgium
Updated On: 17 June, 2021 08:48 AM IST | Copenhagen | AFP
Danish fans are planning to stage a minute`s applause during the game in support of Eriksen. "The supporters have organised for everyone to applaud for Christian in the 10th minute," the Danish FA told AFP.
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Denmark`s coach Kasper Hjulmand attends a training session at the team`s training grounds in Helsingor, north of Copenhagen. Pic/AFP
Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand said Wednesday that he is preparing for an emotional return to Copenhagen`s Parken Stadium to take on Belgium after the traumatic scenes of Christian Eriksen`s collapse. Playmaker Eriksen had to be revived on the Parken pitch by medics after suddenly falling to the turf near half-time of the Danes` 1-0 loss to Finland on Saturday. On Thursday they face Group B leaders Belgium hoping to kick-start their Euro 2020 campaign in what Hjulmand believes will be a fraught affair.
"It will be very emotional to return to the Parken, we expect to have incredible support from our fans and from the whole country," Hjulmand said at a press conference. "We have to be ready for that and use this energy in a positive way. "What`s crazy is that the hospital where Christian is staying is not far from the stadium. He can see the stadium and he might even be able to hear everything that is happening there." If Eriksen hears anything it will be a passionate crowd of some 25,000 fans roaring Denmark on against the world`s top-ranked side, who started their tournament with a 3-0 thrashing of Russia. "We`re going to take advantage of that (the crowd), we`re going to use that extra motivation to our advantage," said Hjulmand. "We have to play our best game, and we have to be very good individually, and that`s what we`re going to try and do." Danish fans are planning to stage a minute`s applause during the game in support of Eriksen. "The supporters have organised for everyone to applaud for Christian in the 10th minute," the Danish FA told AFP.
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