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Seven months after on-field collapse, Denmark’s Christian Eriksen plots his return

Christian Eriksen has not played competitively since suffering cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 match in June. (Hannah McKay/Reuters)
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Seven months after collapsing on the field during Denmark’s Euro 2020 match last summer, star midfielder Christian Eriksen said he hopes to play in the 2022 World Cup, which begins November in Qatar.

In what is believed to be his first public comments since the incident, Eriksen reflected on his collapse and discussed his goals in an interview with Danish broadcaster DR1.