suffering a cardiac arrest playing against Finland at Euro 2020. The 30-year-old Brentford player came on at half-time to a standing ovation before his sublime effort on his first touch made it 3-2.But his display at the Johan Cruyff Arena, a stadium he often performed at when playing for former club Ajax, was marred by the actions of an individual who chucked a coin at the Brentford star.
The trajectory hit the former Tottenham attacker’s arm and he turned around. Had it hit his head, the damage could have been more.Steven Bergwijn, Nathan Ake and Memphis Depay's penalty put the Dutch 3-1 ahead after Jannik Vestergaard had shortly made it 1-1.
Eriksen then scored to give the Danes a fighting chance, before Bergwijn got his brace with 20 minutes remaining.Eriksen, who has 37 goals for his national side, spoke about his return to the national game.
He said: "I was happy the ball came to me. I thought it was a lovely finish and to start my international comeback like this is a perfect way.
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