Christian Eriksen shines and scores but Denmark held late on by Slovenia

Christian Eriksen shines and scores but Denmark held late on by Slovenia

When Christian Eriksen collapsed in Denmark’s opening game of the Euros three years ago, his unconscious body surrounded by his teammates as he received CPR, what then would have seemed a reasonable hope for the future? To survive? To lead a relatively normal life? To resume his career? Did anybody in those dreadful moments think he might play at the next Euros? Even the most optimistic, surely, could not have foreseen a performance quite like this. But football can be dreadfully capricious: brilliant as Eriksen was, it was not enough to deliver a win for Denmark.

Perhaps Slovenia, at their first major tournament since 2010, were slightly overawed. Perhaps the plan was always to bide their time. Perhaps Benjamin Verbic, who came on after 67 minutes, really does make that much difference. But for them, the final 30 minutes could hardly have been more different from the first hour and in the end,
having seemed at times to be hanging on, Erik Janza’s equaliser felt thoroughly deserved.

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