DANISH ERIKSEN SURVIVES HEART ATTACK INFRONT OF MILLIONS FOOTBALL FANS

DANISH ERIKSEN SURVIVES HEART ATTACK INFRONT OF MILLIONS FOOTBALL FANS

Danish football player Christian Eriksen’s heart stopped, during the team’s first EURO match. It shocked the world.

Christian Eriksen survived and is now under observation at the national hospital close to the stadium in Copenhagen.
Doctor and cardiologist for the national Danish elite sports people Hanne Rasmussen knew knew it was serious right away.

International goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is a close friend to Christian Eriksen and so happy he survived.

Fans have been standing at the hospital supporting the danish international player feeling scared and trying to understand what  happened.  

Big screens have been set up in Copenhagen, so people finally could be together after corona. However it did not become an epic football experience, but an epic story about life.

At the hospital is Christian Eriksen now going through tests. The good news is, that they are very positive in the results.

Carnilogist Hanne Rasmussen knows that he will not be back playing in the tournament, but he might later, when they know all about what happened.

The Danish team vent on playing the match after  a break on app. 90 minutes.

However the spirit was not there and they lost 0-1. 

It was a sad day for Denmark, that actually got a good team ranking at nr. 10 in the world, infront of traditionally strong teams such as Germany and Holland.

The next match is on Thursday against the favourites from Belgium and later Russia.

The two best teams in each groups goes on the cup – win or loss – matches.

The final is on July 11.

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SHOTLIST:
JUNE 12.

  • FANS OUTSIDE RIGSHOSPITALET

  • ENTRANCE TO THE HOSPITAL

JUNE 13

  • SOUNDBITE HANNE RASMUSSEN. Doctor cardiologist:

“When I saw it I thought, this is very serious. We all went from having a party to a tragedy”

JUNE 14.

  • SOUNDBITE Kasper Schmeichel, goalkeeper Danish team.

“ I think the main thing has been for us to know that Christian is ok. I don’t think that there was a way we would be able to continue if Christian wasn´t ok. So the most important thing for us has been to know that Christian is good, and from there on now we have to try and find some strength and some way to work for each other like we always do and hopefully work for Christian and make him proud”

JUNE 12.

  • FANS OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL

  • VOX-POP
    LARS BECH, DANISH FAN
    “Today football doesn’t matter anymore, it was a scary moment for a whole nation, for the whole of Europe to see Eriksen fall to the ground with a heart attack. It was heartbreaking to see that”

  • UPSET FANS IN THE PARK 

  • VOX-POP HASSAN THAMER, DANISH FAN:
    “This is much more important, you know. Everyone’s life matters and we just want every player to do well. Seeing this in front of so many people, thousands of people is just heart crushing. So for us to see Christian awake at the hospital is the best feeling ever. So happy that he is awake, so happy”

JUNE 13

  • VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE HOSPITAL

  • SOUNDBITE HANNE RASMUSSEN. Doctor cardiologist CONT.:

“I do not expect him to play during this competition, because he will need some further investigations before we know what was the cause of this cardiac event and how to prevent it happening again

JUNE 12.

  • FANS HUGGING

  • VOX-POP HASSAN THAMER, DANISH FAN:
    “There is so much more love than football here tonight, so i´m happy to be here with all my friends. It is so much more about love than football”

  • FANS LOOKING AT HOSPITAL
    END

LINKS:

PICTURES
https://www.jottacloud.com/s/1821ba9114ff53446fb8c4a8809f659828b

FIFA WORLD RANK:
https://www.11v11.com/teams/denmark/option/ranking/

Press kit EURO:
https://dbu.dk/presse/press-kit-national-team/mens-a-national-team/press-kit/