Denmark's doctor gives an update on Christian Eriksen after his latest heart attack: "He is doing well and should be released from the hospital soon."

After being stretchered off the pitch in a worrying manner on Sunday evening during a friendly match against Ukraine that was abandoned before the end, Christian Eriksen is "doing well," according to the latest information from the Danish national team doctor. He should be able to return home soon.

Almost five years to the day, tragedy struck again. Having already suffered a cardiac arrest on June 12, 2021, during a Euro match, Christian Eriksen (34 years old) collapsed once more on the pitch during a friendly against Ukraine (abandoned at 2-1), before being taken to the hospital on Sunday evening. While initial reports were reassuring, the Danish national team doctor confirmed in a new statement that he had "spoken to Christian this (Monday) morning" and that "he is doing well."

“He is with his family and in good spirits. We expect him to be discharged from the hospital soon and able to return home,” added Morten Boesen, who was already heavily involved in Eriksen’s rescue in 2021, in a message relayed by the Danish Football Association. According to initial reports, the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implanted in 2021, with which Eriksen has lived ever since, activated Sunday evening to take over from his heart, which had briefly failed.

While this match against Ukraine was supposed to mark the end of the training camp for a team that narrowly missed qualifying for the World Cup, which is about to begin in the Americas (June 11 to July 19), special attention will also be paid to the players and staff, who are expected to go on vacation. "We are taking good care of the players and the staff are in constant contact with them," Boesen reassured.