Updated On: 18 June, 2021 08:03 AM IST | Copenhagen | AFP
In a scene that shocked the sporting world and beyond, the Inter Milan midfielder suddenly collapsed on the field in the 43rd minute of Denmark’s Group B game on Saturday against Finland in Copenhagen.

Christian Eriksen. Pic/AFP
Danish star Christian Eriksen, who suffered a cardiac arrest during his country’s Euro 2020 opener last weekend, will have a heart defibrillator implanted, the Danish Football Union (DBU) announced on Thursday.
In a scene that shocked the sporting world and beyond, the Inter Milan midfielder suddenly collapsed on the field in the 43rd minute of Denmark’s Group B game on Saturday against Finland in Copenhagen.