Euro 2020: How Denmark team doctor, medics saved Eriksen’s life

Medics worked frenetically to give Eriksen CPR while teammates choked away tears and formed a circle around the midfielder.

As Christian Eriksen lay unconscious on the field after collapsing during the Euro 2020 match, his pulse slipping away, Denmark team doctor Morten Boesen quickly realised there was not a second to lose. “He was breathing, and I could feel his pulse. But suddenly that changed,” Boesen said. “And as everyone saw, we started giving him CPR.” The next 10 minutes were among the scariest to ever unfold during a match at football’s European Championship.