Soccer-Danish players lament 'no third option' for match after Eriksen's collapse


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Group B - Denmark v Finland - Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark - June 12, 2021 Finland's Lukas Hradecky saves a penalty from Denmark's Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg Pool via REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Danish players expressed dissatisfaction on Monday at the position they were put in after team mate Christian Eriksen's collapse during their Euro 2020 opener on Saturday, having to decide whether to finish the match that evening or the next morning.

UEFA offered the players, who gathered in the locker room after witnessing Eriksen being treated on the pitch following a cardiac arrest, the choice of resuming the match on Saturday night or beginning again on Sunday at 1200 local time (1000 GMT).

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