After using an ICD defibrillator, Danish soccer star Christian Eriksen is apparently facing difficulties at his Italian club Inter Milan.

It is forbidden in Italy to do top-class sports with an ICD device, said Lucio Mos, the chairman of the Italian Sports Cardiologist Association, at "Radio Punto Nuovo" and thus confirmed a corresponding report by Gazzetta dello Sport.

“The protocols are very strict in Italy.

So it seems impossible to me that we will see Eriksen again in the Italian competition. "

The 29-year-old Danish playmaker suffered cardiac arrest during the European Championship game against Finland on Saturday and had to be resuscitated. On Thursday, the Danish association announced that as a medical consequence, an ICD defibrillator would be implanted. This device is similar to a pacemaker and is used by people at increased risk of cardiac arrhythmias.

However, it is still too early to foresee exactly when Eriksen will possibly be able to do competitive sports again and how long he will have to wear the defibrillator in his body.

At a media round of the Danish association with coach Kasper Hjulmand and press spokesman Jakob Höyer there was also no confirmation on Friday for a report from Gazzetta dello Sport, according to which Eriksen has already had an operation.

“We have no news.

If there is any news, we will announce it on Twitter, ”said Höyer.

"I want a victory now"

Hjulmand also emphasized on Friday: “We have good contact with Christian. And we are very happy that he is still doing well. But Christian is going through difficult weeks and we don't yet know what to expect. We can only say that we are there for him. ”Even after their second defeat at the European Championships, Denmark's national team still firmly believes in their progress at this tournament. “I want a win now. I'm tired of talking about playing well but losing, ”said Hjulmand after the 2-1 defeat by Belgium.

The Danes are currently only last in Group B with zero points, but can even improve to second place.

The prerequisite for this is that they themselves win their last group game against Russia on Monday (9 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the European Football Championship, on ARD and on Magenta TV) with two goals apart and Finland at the same time against the Belgians who have already qualified for the round of 16 loses.

The Danes hope that they will play again in front of 25,000 fans in their own Parken Stadium in Copenhagen.

"We hope that people will support us in the same way again, then we'll step on the gas," said Hjulmand.

"I'm very happy that we're playing in Copenhagen and not in Russia."

In the 1: 2 defeat against Belgium it became clear that the dramatic events after the cardiac arrest of their best player Christian Eriksen created a lot of cohesion within the Danish team and also between the spectators and the team. “That was support that I have never felt before. There was something electrical in the air and that meant a lot to us, ”said former Gladbacher Jannik Vestergaard.

A cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is similar to a pacemaker and is implanted in people who are at increased risk of irregular heartbeat.

The use of the ICD does not in itself mean that Eriksen automatically has to end his professional career.

The Dutch international Daley Blind and the German pole vaulter Katharina Bauer continue to do competitive sports.

“Various heart examinations were carried out on Christian.

It was then decided that he should have an ICD.

This decision is necessary after cardiac arrhythmias had triggered a heart attack in him, ”the Danish team doctor Morten Boesen is quoted in the association's statement.