Christian Eriksen has been discharged from hospital and will now spend time with his family at home after a “successful” operation to fit a device to regulate his heart.
Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s 1-0 Euro 2020 defeat to Finland on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch.
The midfielder left the field on a stretcher having regained consciousness but not before receiving life-saving treatment from medics.
The 29-year-old was subsequently fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), a device that regulates the heart in the event of another arrhythmia, before being given clearance to leave hospital.
“Thank you for the massive number of greetings, it has been incredible to see and feel,” Eriksen said on Friday evening.
“The operation went well and I am doing well under the circumstances.
“It was great to see the guys again after the fantastic game they played last night.
“No need to say that I will be cheering them on Monday against Russia.”
Eriksen left hospital after an operation described as “successful” by the Danish FA and visited his teammates in Helsinger at the national training camp, from where he headed home.
His cardiac arrest had caused the game against Finland to be stopped, but not abandoned. Instead, the teams returned hours later to resume the game with several Danish players too upset to continue.
When they returned to action again on Wednesday in Copenhagen against Belgium, it was in a charged atmosphere of support with fans of both teams holding up signs and banners in support of the midfielder.
The team responded positively too, scoring the fastest ever goal in European Championship history after just 99 seconds of play through Yussuf Poulsen. Play then stopped after 10 minutes of the game for players and spectators to join in a minute of applause in Eriksen’s honour.
However, Denmark were unable to bring home the points as Belgium brought Kevin De Bruyne off the bench. The Manchester City midfielder laid on the equaliser for Thorgan Hazard before scoring the winner himself to put the world’s No 1 ranked side into the knockout rounds with a game to spare.
Denmark meanwhile will host Russia on Monday needing to win by two goals and hope that results elsewhere go their way.
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