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Tom Blow

Christian Eriksen scores with first touch on Denmark return after cardiac arrest at Euros

Christian Eriksen scored with his first touch in international football since suffering a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020. The midfielder found the back of the net within two minutes of coming on for Denmark in their friendly against the Netherlands on Saturday.

Eriksen, 30, collapsed during Denmark's Euro 2020 opener against Finland last June and required several minutes of CPR and the use of a defibrillator. Millions of people watching around the world were unsure whether he would survive, let alone play football again.

The former Tottenham star was fitted with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) - which can reset the heart after a cardiac arrest - following the incident and was forced to leave Inter Milan due to Serie A not allowing footballers to play with an ICD.

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