Eriksen conscious after collapsing during Denmark friendly

Christian Eriksen is conscious after collapsing during Denmark's friendly against Ukraine.

Footage showed Eriksen grabbing his chest before collapsing in the 65th minute. The match was abandoned.

"Christian Eriksen is conscious and ​is doing ⁠well under the circumstances," ⁠the federation said in a ‌statement on X.

Denmark's national team doctor Morten Boesen, who was credited with saving Eriksen's life when he collapsed in 2021, provided a further update.

"Christian is doing well and walked off the pitch by himself," he added. "As I see it, the pacemaker responded as it should.

"He was briefly unconscious, but regained consciousness very quickly and we were quickly in contact with him.

"He will 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.

"But, Christian is doing well and asked me to send his regards to all the players and tell them he was okay."

In 2021, Eriksen collapsed during a European Championship match in Copenhagen against Finland ⁠and was given ​life-saving CPR treatment.

He was ​later fitted with ​a special heart-starting device ⁠known as an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD).

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