Life has a singular end, careers have many. But even after delaying the former after collapsing on 12 June 2021 in Denmark’s opening match of Euro2020, the latter seemingly only had one way to go for Christian Eriksen.
Eriksen was “gone” for five minutes when he had suffered a cardiac arrest in the 41st minute in Denmark’s Euro2020 opener against Finland in Copenhagen. On the way to the hospital where he would recover, he informed the paramedics in the ambulance they were welcome to keep his boots. He wouldn’t be needing them anymore. His fiancee, Sabrina, was told similar a few days later. A month on, professor Sanjay Sharma, cardiology advisor for the English Institute of Sport - and previously doctor at Eriksen’s former club Tottenham Hotspur - doubted whether he’d play football again.
