Victim of cardiac arrest last Saturday in the middle of a match, Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen left the Copenhagen hospital on Friday where he was hospitalized, announced the Danish Football Federation.

The player said he was "well under the circumstances" and visited his teammates at their training camp.

Danish international Christian Eriksen was able to leave Copenhagen hospital on Friday after a "successful operation", six days after his cardiac arrest during a Euro match, the federation announced.

Doctors said Thursday that the 29-year-old Inter Milan player would have to have a miniature defibrillator implanted to regulate his heart rate, which puts a big question mark on the rest of his career.

"The operation went well and I am well under the circumstances," said the player, who was also able to visit his teammates at their training camp north of the Danish capital in a statement.

"It was fantastic to see the guys again after their game"

Eriksen's discomfort, who remained lifeless for long minutes on the lawn of the Copenhagen stadium on Saturday before being saved by a cardiac massage and then the electric shock of a defibrillator, triggered a wave of support, in Denmark as in France. foreign. "It was fantastic to see the guys again after their fantastic game last (Thursday) night," said Eriksen. "Thank you for the countless messages, it was incredible to live and feel", thanked the Danish playmaker, who will now be joining his family. Beaten (1-0) by Finland in a match marked by Eriksen's discomfort at the end of the first half, the Danes however lost again (2-1) against Belgium on Thursday night.

The meeting, charged with emotion, was marked by a tribute to Eriksen: the match was interrupted in the 10th minute - for the number 10 worn by the player - and the 25,000 spectators, the players of two teams and the referees have applauded loudly to comfort the player, whose hospital room less than a kilometer overlooked the stadium.

Denmark will absolutely have to win Monday (9:00 p.m.) against Russia, still in Copenhagen, to hope to qualify for the round of 16.

Doubts about the rest of Eriksen's career

The "automatic implantable defibrillator", or ICD, that Eriksen will have to have implanted is a device that detects and corrects cardiac arrhythmias, to prevent the risk of sudden death. Depending on the model, the probe can be placed either directly in the heart (passing through a vein) or under the skin, in contact with the chest wall. If the Dutchman Daley Blind was able to resume his career after having been fitted with a heart device, specialists doubt that Eriksen will be able to return to the field as a professional player.