{"id":3494,"date":"2021-06-13T16:39:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T16:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/?p=3494"},"modified":"2021-06-13T16:40:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T16:40:34","slug":"denmark-lost-but-life-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/13\/denmark-lost-but-life-won\/","title":{"rendered":"DENMARK LOST. BUT LIFE WON"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">At the end of a night of huge emotion in Copenhagen, there was relief.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Relief that Christian Eriksen, who collapsed shortly before half-time in Denmark&#8217;s opening Euro 2020 game against Finland, was awake and &#8220;stable&#8221; in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>And relief, too, that those around him acted with such speed. Speed that may well have saved the former Tottenham midfielder&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>We take a look at how players, medics and officials all played their part in helping Eriksen.<\/p>\n<p>First on the scene &#8211; Simon Kjaer and Denmark&#8217;s players<br \/>\nEriksen&#8217;s collapse as he attempted to receive a throw-in started a truly frightening spell at Copenhagen&#8217;s Parken Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark&#8217;s captain Simon Kjaer was one of the first players on the scene and appeared to clear Eriksen&#8217;s airways.<\/p>\n<p>The severity of the incident was apparent, and players from both teams urged the medical staff to hurry on.<\/p>\n<p>As he was resuscitated, Eriksen&#8217;s anxious team-mates formed a protective ring around him, offering some privacy from the 15,200 fans in attendance and the millions watching on television.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the players &#8211; the majority looking away &#8211; were in tears. Some appeared to pray.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Winter, The Times&#8217; chief football writer, told BBC Radio 5 Live: &#8220;If you know the Danish side these are not simply team-mates, people like Simon Kjaer and Kasper Schmeichel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are friends and they responded to Christian Eriksen in his moment of need. Because of the substance of the men involved, they consoled Christian&#8217;s partner, who was distraught pitchside. We build players up and put them on a pedestal but they are humans like the rest of us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old Inter Milan player was eventually taken away on a stretcher and brought to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>After the news finally came that Eriksen was awake, the game restarted, with Finland winning 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>Medical staff &#8211; &#8216;We did what we had to do&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sports cardiologist Professor Sanjay Sharma, who is chairman of the expert cardiology consensus panel for the Football Association, told the BBC &#8220;the thing that saved his life was very urgent and rapid medical attention&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark team doctor Martin Boesen spoke in a post-match news conference and explained how the events unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was clear he was unconscious,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I got to him he was on his side, he was breathing, I could feel a pulse, but suddenly that changed and we started to give him CPR.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The help came really fast from the medical team and the rest of the staff with their co-operation, and we did what we had to do and managed to get Christian back. He spoke to me before he was taken to hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest during a game for Bolton Wanderers in 2012. He recovered but never played again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It brought back stuff that I have put down in me, this emotion that is down there. To watch it from that distance and not know what was going to happen,&#8221; he told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was scary, but credit to the medical staff. They have done an amazing job on Christian. I like how his team-mates got together to protect him. It brought back emotion that you don&#8217;t really want to see on the other side. I hope things turn out to be OK for him. I hope he will come through.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of a night of huge emotion in Copenhagen, there was relief. Relief that Christian Eriksen, who collapsed shortly before half-time in Denmark&#8217;s opening Euro 2020 game against Finland, was awake and &#8220;stable&#8221; in hospital. And relief, too, that those around him acted with such speed. Speed that may well have saved the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,7],"tags":[584,650,651],"class_list":["post-3494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions","category-passion-of-life","category-professional","tag-denmark","tag-euro2020","tag-finland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3496,"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494\/revisions\/3496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}