{"id":45072,"date":"2021-06-14T15:41:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T14:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/christian-eriksen-may-never-play-football-again-dr-sharma"},"modified":"2021-06-14T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T15:12:12","slug":"christian-eriksen-may-never-play-football-again-dr-sharma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/christian-eriksen-may-never-play-football-again-dr-sharma","title":{"rendered":"Christian Eriksen may never play football again \u2013 Dr. Sharma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Denmark midfielder, Christian Eriksen, may not play professional football again after his cardiac arrest during his country\u2019s Euro 2020 opener against Finland, a leading sports cardiologist, Sanjay Sharma, has said.<\/p>\n<p>Eriksen collapsed on the pitch during Denmark\u2019s Euro 2020 1-0 defeat against Finland on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Inter Milan playmaker was resuscitated on the pitch, with players and fans watching on in distress before he was taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish Football Federation said on Sunday morning that Eriksen is \u201cstable\u201d and he remains in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sharma, a professor of sports cardiology at London\u2019s St George\u2019s University who worked with Eriksen during his time at Tottenham, said football bodies would likely be \u201cvery strict\u201d about allowing the 29-year-old star to play football again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, something went terribly wrong,\u201d Sharma was quoted by the New Daily as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut they managed to get him [Eriksen] back, the question is what happened? And why did it happen?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis guy had normal tests all the way up to 2019, so how do you explain this cardiac arrest?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact he is stable and awake, his outlook is going to be very good.<\/p>\n<p>Euro 2020: Denmark doctor reveals Christian Eriksen was gone after suffering cardiac arrest<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know whether he will ever play football again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout putting it too bluntly, he died today, albeit for a few minutes, but he did die and would the medical professional allow him to die again? \u201cThe answer is no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis cardiac arrest has rocked the entire nation today and that\u2019s what happens. It is not just them that it affects, it\u2019s the psyche of so many people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe good news is he will live. The bad news is he was coming to the end of his career, so would he play another professional football game? That I can\u2019t say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the UK he wouldn\u2019t play. We would be very strict about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Euro 2020: Stay strong \u2013 Cristiano Ronaldo tells Eriksen after midfielder collapsed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Denmark midfielder, Christian Eriksen, may not play professional football again after his cardiac arrest during his country\u2019s Euro 2020 opener against Finland, a leading sports cardiologist, Sanjay Sharma, has said. Eriksen collapsed on the pitch during Denmark\u2019s Euro 2020 1-0 defeat against Finland on Saturday. 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