Copenhagen (AFP)
Denmark and Belgium briefly interrupted their Euro clash on Thursday to take part in a round of applause in the Copenhagen stadium in tribute to the Danish Christian Eriksen, after the immense fear of his cardiac arrest in the middle of a match on Saturday .
Joining the 25,000 spectators at the Parken stadium, the players and referees interrupted the match in the 10th minute of play to participate in this standing ovation in tribute to the Danish N.10, while the supporters unfurled a banner where one could read: "All of Denmark is with you, Christian".
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The interruption lasted a full minute and ended with thunderous applause.
Just before the game, the huge Danish jersey-shaped tarpaulin spread across the pitch bore, unusual since the start of this Euro, Eriksen's name and number.
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And the Belgians, some of whom have rubbed shoulders with the club's attacking midfielder, presented the Danes with a Belgian "10 - Eriksen" flocked jersey before kick-off.
This unanimous tribute comes five days after the cardiac arrest suffered by Eriksen, resuscitated urgently on the lawn during Denmark-Finland (0-1) before regaining consciousness and being evacuated to a hospital.
Still hospitalized on Thursday, the Inter Milan midfielder (29) will have to have a defibrillator implanted to regulate his heart rate, his federation announced on Thursday, without giving any indication of the player's ability to one day pick up the thread. of her career.
This round of applause, Eriksen may have heard: the Rigshospitalet where he has been for five days is barely a kilometer as the crow flies from "Parken", the Danish national stadium in Copenhagen.
The meeting was accompanied Thursday by a great effervescence throughout the city, which was adorned with red and white to support the Danish selection.
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