Christian Eriksen: "I want to play in the World Cup, my heart is not an obstacle"

The Danish midfielder who collapsed in the last Euro tells of the case: "When for five minutes".

On his future: "I do not feel different, I am in top shape. I dream of playing in the park and proving that what happened was one-time."

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04/01/2022

Tuesday, 04 January 2022, 20:00

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Summary: A minute of applause in honor of Christian Eriksen in the match between Denmark and Belgium (Sport 1)

About seven months have passed since the event that shocked the football world.

On the second day of Euro 2020, in a meeting between the Danish and Finnish national teams in Copenhagen, the Danish star collapsed on the lawn in the park and underwent resuscitation, at the end of which he was transferred to the hospital while conscious.

The event could have ended much worse, but in the meantime the contact's career is at a crossroads after he was recently released from Inter following a pacemaker transplant.

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It's been a while.

I hope this video explains how I feel towards all the messages, letters, mails, flowers, thoughts and everything else I've got!

Thank you for all the ❤️ pic.twitter.com/0uvmvsn5D8

- Christian Eriksen (@ ChrisEriksen8) January 4, 2022

Under Italian league rules, a player cannot take part in games with a pacemaker, so parting with Narazzi was inevitable. Meanwhile, Eriksen is training with Chiasso from the third division in Switzerland, and he is waiting for the team that will sign him and give him a chance to return to the center of the stage.

After many months of silence, Eriksen was interviewed by the Danish channel "DR" and told about what he went through during his hospitalization and rehabilitation: "It's amazing that so many people felt the need to write to me or send me flowers. What happened to me affected a lot of people who felt they had to cause For me and my family to know this. This makes me very happy. At the hospital they said I keep getting more and more flowers. It was weird, I did not expect to get flowers because when for five minutes. It was unusual, but very nice of everyone and it helped me. "I thanked the people personally: the doctors, my teammates and their families, all the fans who sent letters and flowers. I thanked the people who came across me on the street in Italy or Denmark, I received support from all over the world and it helped me get through this period."

Looking forward to the future ????

pic.twitter.com/sIZsBPWNgH

- Christian Eriksen (@ ChrisEriksen8) January 4, 2022

Meanwhile, the midfielder who will celebrate his 30th birthday next month has set himself a goal for the coming year: "My goal is to play in the World Cup in Qatar, I want to play and that has been my attitude all along. That's the goal and the dream, will I be invited? "I'm sure I can come back because I do not feel different physically, I am in top shape, that was my goal, there is still time so until then I am going to prove that I am at that level again."

"I dream of going back to the team and playing in the park again," Eriksen said, "proving that what happened was a one-off and that it will not happen again. I want to prove that I moved on and that I can play for the team again.

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