Eriksen collapse - Christian Eriksen collapses on the field. : football

Denmark, although regular qualifiers for major tournaments, had never previously hosted a match at a finals.

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Several shots, including through the legs of players, showed Eriksen receiving treatment, before cutting to his clearly distressed wife, who was in the stadium and was being consoled by Denmark captain Simon Kjaer and goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

Here's how the soccer world responded to Eriksen's return:.

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In those moments, waiting for updates, many of us wondered about the cruelty of it all.