Eight months after his cardiac arrest at the Euro, the Danish midfielder of Brentford, Christian Eriksen will replay for the first time in competition on Saturday in the English championship against Newcastle, his coach Thomas Frank announced on Friday.
“
Christian will be in the squad and he will enter the pitch tomorrow
,” Frank told reporters.
"
It's a big day for all of us, but especially for Christian and his family
."
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Eriksen, who signed with Brentford for the end of the season on the last day of the winter transfer window, has already played a few minutes with his new club in a friendly match on February 14, his birthday.
Defibrillator
The player had suffered a heart attack at the start of the Euro on June 12, during the Denmark-Finland match.
He had collapsed on the ground and had to be resuscitated on the lawn before being evacuated by ambulance.
He has since lived with a defibrillator, which forced him to terminate his contract with Inter Milan, his former club, this type of device being considered incompatible with the practice of professional football in Italy, which is not the case in England.
On February 3, Bees coach Thomas Frank, also Danish, explained that Eriksen would be able to play in the "
weeks
" to come, gradually.
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