Christian Eriksen surprised the Denmark team with a visit in the middle of a training session and then gave them all a hug, his teammates said on Saturday.
Eriksen was discharged from a Copenhagen hospital on Friday and immediately went to see his teammates at their Euro 2020 base camp outside the capital.
Midfielder Christian Norgaard and defender Joakim Maehle said it came as a big surprise. “I didn’t know he was coming, so we stopped the training session when he arrived,” Norgaard said.
“He seemed to be in good spirits, and it gave a good energy to the team. We were allowed to give him a hug, and it was great to see him walk around with his son. It was a good day in many ways. It was what we needed.”
The 29-year-old Eriksen suffered cardiac arrest during Denmark’s first game against Finland last Saturday and had to be resuscitated with a defibrillator. “It was emotional because the last time we saw him he was lying there on the field being saved,” Maehle said.
“We knew that Christian was OK but it’s completely different to see him in real life.”
Denmark lost to Finland and Belgium in its first two games at Euro 2020 but still has a chance to advance from Group B with a win over Russia on Monday at Parken Stadium.