Shock moment: Eriksen returns to the pitch 8.5 months after heart attack

Christian Eriksen’s heart attack last summer during Denmark’s game against Finland at Euro 2020 was one of the most shocking moments of the year for world football and the Danish midfielder did everything to pray for him.

In the end, not only did he emerge victorious from the greatest fight he had faced since birth, but he is now celebrating a triumph of life as he returns to professional action wearing the Brentford jersey.

This came on Saturday afternoon (2/26) in west London, after his manager Thomas Frank had announced since Friday that he would give him time to take part in the game against Newcastle for the 27th game of the Premier League and finally put it in the 52nd minute into action.

When he was replaced by Matthias Jensen it was 2-0 in favor of Newcastle and the hosts were down to 10 players from the 11th minute to make 226 appearances in England’s top flight and achieve the apotheosis of the public.

We remind you that the Denmark international made his unofficial debut with the Bees in a friendly against Southend United on February 14, sharing an assist.

On the 21st of the same month he played in another Brentford friendly against Rangers, this time for eighty minutes, even sharing both assists in the draw with Scotland (2-2).

It’s worth noting that Eriksen is now first A player with an implanted defibrillator who plays in England’s top flight, which was the reason for his divorce from Inter a few months ago as current regulations in Italy do not allow a player with implanted defibrillator to participate in any competition at a professional level.