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Eight months after suffering a cardiac arrest in the European Championship 2020, Danish Christian Eriksen returned to the pitch as a Brentford player , in the Premier League match against Newcastle at the Community Stadium (London).
Eriksen, who had returned to a squad since shocking the football world while Denmark faced Finland in Copenhagen in the Euro, took the field at the minute 52 of the match, replacing the also Danish Mathias Jensen.
The midfielder of 30 years reinforced the Brentford last winter market, after terminating his contract with Inter Milan, to which he belonged when he suffered cardiac arrest. This was reported by the EFE news agency.
Thomas Frank, manager of Brentford, admitted Eriksen, with the number 21 on his back, in the first minutes of the second half. This clash, corresponding to matchday number 27 of the Premier League, ended 0-2 in favor of Newcastle.