Emotional Eriksen is back on the pitch after almost nine months

Christian Eriksen did it. The 30-year-old Danish midfielder returned to the field on Saturday 259 days after suffering a heart attack during the Denmark-Finland match at the last European Championship. Almost nine months later, Eriksen is back. He did it for Brentford, in the Premier League match against Newcastle, and spent 40 minutes on the field. The day before, his coach, also Danish, Thomas Frank, announced that he would have his chance and did not break his words. The afternoon was not perfect for their interests because the match ended 0-2. But this time the result was the least significant.

Eriksen’s return is great news for football, and above all for him, after the collapse he suffered which put his life and then his career in great danger. His intervention in the 52nd minute on the field at Brentford Community Stadium was met with thunderous applause from the entire audience, who stood on their feet, including the far fans, with Danish flags in the stands. By then Newcastle were already 0-2 ahead and Brentford was left with one less man due to the dismissal.

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His entry into the park was greeted with a thunderous ovation from the entire audience

Just leaving Eriksen already starting to lead Brentford Operations, the team going through hardships and aiming to save itself. In this sense, it was important that the Dane immediately became the owner of set-pieces and kick corners. Not only that, but he was seen communicating in the field and distributing slogans to his teammates, who sought to release them with some deep services. During the stretching time he was in the field he was always very energetic and enthusiastic.

“For five minutes I was not in this world,” North declared in January. It is worth remembering that he had to be revived on the pitch while his team-mates and everyone in Copenhagen held their breaths.

The colossal work of the doctors managed to keep him alive, and then a long process of recovery and residency began.

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Eriksen was very active, became the owner of the stopped ball and distributed banners

Eriksen was fitted with an internal defibrillator. The Dane belonged to the Inter discipline, but in the Italian league the footballer is not allowed to play with this device, so he cannot continue to defend the colors of the Lombard club. What has been clear about the former Ajax midfielder is that he wants to continue playing football. For this he decided to accept the offer made by Brentford in the winter market, thus completing his return to the Premier League, the league in which he already played in the Tottenham shirt.

Since arriving at Brentford, Eriksen has gained traction in several behind-closed-doors friendlies, but it was only on Saturday that he officially returned to football on Saturday.

He started on the bench while the cameras focused on him. A few minutes later, teammate Belinda da Silva was sent off, which could make it difficult for Eriksen to come back. But the Dane played in the end. In fact, he started heating up in the last minutes of the first part. Already after that he received the first welcome from the audience. Although the best is yet to come. He’s a football player again.