Euro 2021 almost had a tragedy on the second day when Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch and stopped breathing.
Denmark’s team doctor describes the harrowing moment he realised Christian Eriksen’s pulse had stopped as medics worked desperately to save him in front of traumatised players and a stunned crowd on Saturday.
“We were called on the pitch when Christian fell down, I didn’t see myself but it was pretty clear he was unconscious.”When I get to him, he’s on his side. He is breathing and I can see pulse but suddenly that changes, and as everyone saw we started giving him CPR.The help came really, really fast from the medical team and the rest of the staff, and with their cooperation we did what we did to do. We managed to get Christan back.”

He’s lucky he got medical aid promptly.
Here’s some stats on similar incidents from the past