‘Dead For Five Minutes’: Christian Eriksen Is Back -- And Shining
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🗓️ 8 April 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Last summer, the world watched in shock and disbelief as Danish soccer star Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field during a Euro 2020 game, broadcast on live television. Doctors rushed onto the field and resuscitated him from what was later identified as cardiac arrest. Now, ten months later, Christian Eriksen is back on the field -- and looking better than ever. The Athletic's Jay Harris, who covers Eriksen and his club team, Brentford, joins us today to explain how the Danish star has somehow managed to pick up where he left off, why he chose tiny Brentford of all places to make his return, and why, after such a traumatic experience, he’s playing the game at all.
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| 0:47.8 | 10 months ago, the soccer world was stunned when Danish superstar Christian Erickson collapsed |
| 0:58.6 | on the field during a game on live television, doctors rushed onto the field and saved his |
| 1:03.2 | life. |
| 1:04.2 | And now, Christian Erickson is back. |
| 1:06.4 | Today, Jay Harris, who covers Brentford for the athletic, explains how Erickson has |
| 1:27.8 | somehow managed to pick up where he left off. |
| 1:30.5 | Why can he chose Brentford of all places to make his return? |
| 1:33.5 | And why, after such a traumatic experience, he's playing the game at all. |
| 1:37.6 | Behave is very much, this is my career, this is what I've decided. |
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