UEFA respond to claims they forced Denmark to play on after Eriksen collapsed

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‘The players’ need for 48 hours rest between matches eliminated other options'

UEFA have rejected suggestions Denmark were forced to continue playing after Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest and insist the situation was treated with ‘utmost respect’ for the players.clash with Finland and had to be resuscitated with a defibrillator, though he was conscious and stable when transported to hospital and even encouraged his teammates to finish the match.

But the players – many of whom were in tears as CPR was performed on Eriksen – looked emotionally shattered in the rest of the contest, which resumed just two hours later, and lost 1-0 to minnows Finland.At the time, UEFA said the decision to finish the match was made ‘following the request made by players of both teams’ but since then Denmark’s manager and players have given a different version of events.

The distraught Danish players were effectively given an ultimatum: finish the match on Saturday, resume at noon on Sunday or forfeit the match. ‘None of the options were good. We took the least bad one,’ said striker Martin Braithwaite. ‘There were a lot of players that weren’t able to play the match, they were elsewhere [mentally].’

But UEFA have now defended the decision to restart the match on Saturday evening and, with Denmark due to play Belgium in their next group game on Thursday, felt there was simply no other option.

 

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Awww, poor little luvs. Do 1½ hrs work and need 2 days off. Diddums.

I need 48 hours rest between my work shifts

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