Eriksen, so he won the most important match

Christian Eriksen is in “stable condition”. It is a note from the Danish football federation that makes the most anticipated announcement. Just over 40 minutes of play had elapsed when the Danish footballer, on the pitch with his team during Denmark-Finland, the first European group B match, fell to the ground after staggering slightly for a moment.

In a moment everything stopped, the frozen stadium, silence. But the teammates no, they did not stay still, they ran to see what had happened to number 10 and immediately called for help, making it clear that it was something serious.

The first was Captain Kjaer, which as explained to Corriere della Sera, Professor Gaetano Thiene, an expert in sudden cardiac death in athletes, “was quick to move his tongue to reopen the upper airways.” A few minutes in which the team, the whole stadium and the doctors on the field became a single close family around Eriksen. Determined to save him.

So they shielded him while he received help, from heart massage to defibrillator, then while lying on the stretcher he left the field. And there in that instant, a photographer took an image that has become the symbol of life that does not want to stop: there is Eriksen with her head slightly raised, one hand on her forehead, her eyes open. I live.

“Christian Eriksen was already at the gates of the afterlife, ventricular fibrillation is the antechamber of death, ”underlined Professor Thiene. “And instead the miracle happened this time, they saved his life, his was a sudden death with an abortion. It was a great success ». As the stadium shouted «Christian, Christian» from the stands, the wife of the player present during the match, Sabrina Kvist Jensen, arrived in shock on the sidelines and was immediately embraced by the Danish captain Kjaer and the goalkeeper Schmeichel.

“An arrhythmia that led to collapse”, he explains to the Courier Bruno Marino, of the Policlinico Umberto I in Rome, while from the Danish hospital the football federation communicates that the player will remain hospitalized for investigations. “This morning we talked to Christian, who sent his greetings to his teammates. The national team and staff received assistance. We want to thank everyone for the messages of affection for Eriksen from fans, players and royal families of Denmark and England, international associations and clubs », writes the Football Association in the note.

Last night it was Eriksen himself who communicated with his team through the common chat to reassure his teammates, with the hope of being able to return to the field soon. Meanwhile, the most important match has already been won by the whole team. If we were still looking for answers to why football is the most popular sport in the world, this one arrived yesterday with images of the silent hero Kjiaer who does not give up next to his best friend, who in club life is his antagonist (the first is Milan defender, the second Inter midfielder), and unites fans from all over the world in front of the screen for long endless minutes. All with one purpose: to celebrate life.