Midfielder of the Denmark national team Christian Eriksen suffered a heart stop in the match against Finland (0: 1) on the Euro 2020 due to myocarditis – the defeat of the heart muscle of myocardium. This is reported by Gazzetta Dello Sport.
“Denmark’s Football Federation did not disclose the diagnosis of doctors in the official statement. But everyone says that the cause of the incident in the match with the Finns was myocarditis – inflammation of the heart muscle.
According to Danish doctors and some international professionals, there is not enough drug treatment to get rid of myocarditis. For this reason, Erixen installed a defibrillator, “the article says.
June 12, as part of the first round of the Euro-2020 group stage, the Denmark team took the team of Belgium. At the 43rd minute of the game, Eriksen stopped the heart, after which he fell on the lawn. Representatives of the medical staff of the Danish national team managed to reanimate the athlete, then he was hospitalized. He is currently in Copenhagen Hospital. It is reported that he was carried out by installing a defibrillator. According to the media, it can be written on June 19.