Denmark's national soccer players described their reunion with their team-mate Christian Eriksen in emotional terms on Saturday.

“It was fantastic to see him.

And that with our own eyes - not just on a screen, ”said midfielder Andreas Skov Olsen from FC Bologna at a media round in the Danish European Championship district in Helsingör.

“It was great talking to him and hugging him.

And to see that he and his family are doing well so far. "

Six days after his collapse during the first European Championship game against Finland (0-1), Eriksen was released from the hospital in Copenhagen on Friday.

Even before the 29-year-old was driven to his house in Odense with his family, he visited his teammates in Elsinore.

Most of the teammates said they knew nothing about this visit on Friday afternoon.

"We interrupted training especially," said midfielder Christian Nörgaard.

The meeting did not evoke any sad memories.

“Everyone laughed and hugged him,” explained the 27-year-old.

Left-back Joakim Maehle added: “Christian was happy to see us and we were very happy to see him.

I personally felt the need to touch him and see him after the experiences we had. "

Eriksen met the teammates accompanied by his two sons, his partner and their mother. “It was exactly what we all needed. It was a feeling of love and joy. Seeing him there with his family was great, ”said Nörgaard. "That gives us a big boost before the Russia game". The Danes will meet the Russians in their last preliminary round game in Copenhagen on Monday evening (9 p.m. / in the FAZ live ticker for the European Football Championship, ARD and Magenta TV). If they win this game by two goals and Finland lose to Belgium at the same time, the Danes would even move into the round of 16 as group runner-up despite their two opening defeats.