Christian Eriksen has made an emotional return to football with Brentford after the trauma of the Euro 2020 finals last summer when, in his words, he “died for five minutes” on the pitch. The Denmark midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest during his team’s opening game of the tournament against Finland in Copenhagen on 12 June and received life-saving treatment from medics.
Eriksen was shielded by a protective cordon from his teammates as he lay stricken and the images broadcast around the world were deeply upsetting. His partner, Sabrina Kvist Jensen, with whom he has two children, was comforted by the Denmark captain, Simon Kjær, and the goalkeeper, Kasper Schmeichel.
