Denmark vs Finland LIVE: Christian Eriksen ‘was gone’ before medical intervention, team doctor reveals
Play was suspended after the Danish midfielder collapsed on the pitch at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen
Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 game against Finland in Copenhagen had to be suspended after Danish player Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field of play.
Medical staff were quick to attend to him while his teammates, opposition and coaching staff were visibily stricken by the scenes unfolding at the Parken Stadium.
Teammates formed a shield around the former Tottenham man, while fans inside the stadium were clearly stunned by the incident, with some pictured in tears. Referee Anthony Taylor called a halt to proceedings shortly before half-time with Finnish players retiring to the dressing room. Danish players remained on the field as doctors attended to Eriksen.
Uefa later confirmed that the match had been suspended officially due to “a medical emergency”. They later confirmed that Eriksen had been transferred to hospital and had been “stabilised.” A further communication from the Danish FA indicated Eriksen was awake when he left the stadium.
The European football governing body also confirmed that the game would restart at 7.30pm with Finland running out winners thanks to Joel Pohjanpalo’s second-half goal.
Euro 2020: Wales 0 - 0 Switzerland
18 mins: Wales are playing with 10-men at the minutes as Kieffer Moore is off the pitch receiving some treatment. He challenged for an aerial ball and clashed heads causing a small cut on his forehead. The medical staff are dabbing away to stop the bleeding and the Welsh forward will be okay to continue.
Euro 2020: SAVE! Sommer denies Moore with a strong right hand
Wales 0 - 0 Switzerland
15 mins: That’s the first real chance of the match and it falls to Kieffer Moore. Ben Davies sends the ball out to Dan James on the left hand side and the Manchester United man decides to take on Kevin Mbabu. He injects a bit of pace into his run to allow him to get in front of the defender and flick a neat ball into the middle of the box. Moore meets it with a well guided header that’s heading into the back of the net but Yann Sommer sticks out a right hand, jumps towards the ball, and palms it over the crossbar. Great save!
Euro 2020: Wales 0 - 0 Switzerland
12 mins: Gareth Bale gets into the action with a run to the touchline on the Welsh right hand side. His first touch is superb and takes the ball away from Rodriguez, just far enough to allow Bale to send a cross to the back post. The ball curls towards the goal and no-one can get on the end of the pass so it goes out for a goal kick.
Euro 2020: Wales 0 - 0 Switzerland
9 mins: The corner is well defended by Wales but Switzerland are able to regain possession after Dan James’s attempted counter-attack is stopped. Rob Page’s side are set up to counter, they’re defending deep and looking to use the pace of James and Gareth Bale. Shaqiri swings a left-footed cross into the box looking for Breel Embolo but Joe Rodon once again gets in front of his man to head the ball away.
Euro 2020: Wales 0 - 0 Switzerland
6 mins: Ricardo Rodriguez sticks to the touchline on Switzerland’s left side. He’s shown plenty of intent to get forward and brings the ball to the side of the box. Wales don’t close him down and Rodriguez is able to swing left-footed cross into the back post. Kevin Mbabu jumps higher than Ben Davies and wins a corner for the Swiss.
Euro 2020: Wales 0 - 0 Switzerland
3 mins: A watchful start from Switzerland almost sees Xherdan Shaqiri slip the ball in behind for Breel Embolo but Joe Rodon has it covered. The Swiss knock the ball back to Yann Sommer but his aerial ball into the middle of the pitch is won by Wales. Dan James makes a run down the left side and receives the ball before sending an early cross into the box. Kieffer Moore is the target but Sommer manages to cling on to the ball and smother it.
Euro 2020: Wales 0 - 0 Switzerland
Kick off: Disappointingly referee Clément Turpin brings the ball out himself, the players from both sides take the knee before Switzerland get the game started.
Euro 2020: Wales vs Switzerland
The national anthems are played with the Welsh players giving it a good go much to the delight of the fans in attendance. The real question now is will a little remote control car bring the ball out again?
Euro 2020: Wales vs Switzerland
It’s almost time for kick off. Gareth Bale and Granit Xhaka wait at the head of their respective sides in the tunnels of the Olympic stadium in Baku.
With Italy looking strong and Turkey lacklustre last night, the winner of this game could take a huge step towards qualifying out of Group A. It’s only the second match of the tournament but it’s a big one already.
Euro 2020: ‘Please don’t take us home’: Wales hope to emulate their boys of 2016
In England there are the boys of ‘66. Across the border in Wales, they also now have a team which has assumed a similarly mythical significance. All Robert Page’s side have to do in the coming weeks is match them.
Sam Vokes was a member of Chris Coleman’s side at Euro 2016, and sealed Wales’ famous win over heavily fancied Belgium in the quarter-final in Lille, popping up with four minutes to go to make it 3-1 and spark the party to end all parties in a country that, quite simply, had never seen anything like it.
The inhabitants of a small town in northern Brittany were pretty pleased too:
‘Please don’t take us home’: Wales hope to emulate their boys of 2016
Every tournament has its underdogs, and five years ago Chris Coleman’s men fitted the bill perfectly
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