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Euro 2020 - Group B - Denmark v Finland - Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark - June 12, 2021, Denmark's Christian Eriksen is carried off after collapsing during the match [Reuters, Friedemann Vogel]

On June 12, 2021, as Finland played Denmark on matchday 1 of Group B at the Euro 2020, play was halted in the 43rd minute following an incident involving the Danes' number 10, Christian Eriksen.

The 30-year-old, collapsed on the pitch as he tried to control a throw-in, leaving players and medics racing to help, as the crowd at the 38,000-seater Parken Stadium watched in silence.

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