Terrible scenes at the European Football Championship: The Dane Christian Eriksen collapsed and fought for his life.
The reactions are bewilderment and prayers.
Munich / Copenhagen - Terrible pictures from Copenhagen: Christian Eriksen collapsed unconscious during the European Football Championship * match between Denmark and Finland * and had to be resuscitated.
The game was interrupted.
Not only the players reacted stunned, also on social media and during the
ZDF
broadcast, the people sent Eriksen and his relatives their condolences.
Christian Eriksen collapses: "The whole world is praying for you"
“Eriksen” immediately became a trend on Twitter: Many people posted their wishes for recovery in the direction of the Danish midfield star.
"Prayers for Eriksen," tweeted a user, for example - prayers for Eriksen.
"The whole world is praying for you," commented another user.
Shortly afterwards, many tweeted a picture that Eriksen appeared to be awake on the stretcher.
"He did it," said one user happily.
UEFA and the association also gave the first all-clear that Eriksen was awake and stabilized.
He will be examined further in the Rigshospitalet hospital.
"I have no words, and I actually never miss the words," said
ZDF
expert and ex-world champion Christoph Kramer during the broadcast, when this was not yet known.
Per Mertesacker: "Send energy and show compassion"
ZDF reporter Bela Rethy, who reported from the stadium in Copenhagen, also wondered "whether a tournament can be played at all."
In the ZDF studio, the experts and presenter Jochen Breyer struggled for words.
Breyer refrained from asking the visibly shocked Mertesacker, Kramer and referee expert Manuel Grafe for further statements.
"I don't want to speculate," said Breyer.
“You can only wish the best and send energy and show compassion.
You can't and don't want to speculate about anything else, ”says ex-world champion Per Mertesacker *.
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