Christian Eriksen set to captain Denmark at site of his Euro 2020 cardiac arrest horror

Christian Eriksen is set to captain Denmark at the Parken Stadium as he makes an emotional return to the arena where he suffered a horrifying cardiac arrest during Euro 2020.

The 30-year-old will wear the armband for his nation's friendly with Serbia in Copenhagen on Tuesday night. It will be the first time Eriksen has played at the Parken Stadium since June 12 when he collapsed against Finland and "died for five minutes".

The midfielder has made a remarkable recovery since the incident and recently resumed club football back in the Premier League with Brentford. Eriksen enjoyed a magical moment at the weekend as he netted with his first touch on his Denmark return in a 4-2 defeat to the Netherlands, but admitted Tuesday will be even more special.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of the Serbia clash, Eriksen said: “I think it’s something that you can't prepare for. It’s just going to be one of the moments, the reception.

“Obviously in Holland it was very big, I expect it’s going to be even bigger here. It was the place it happened and people will see it, talk about it, then it’s back to normal.

"They're going to have a new memory. It’s going to be special, I’m looking forward to it.”

Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who has been deputising for Denmark's injured captain Simon Kjaer, generously offered Eriksen the armband ahead of Tuesday's friendly, Denmark manager Kasper Hjulmand confirmed. He revealed: "Christian will be captain tomorrow.

"And to that I can also say that before I started thinking about it, it was Kasper Schmeichel who came to me. Simon, Kasper and Christian are three different people, but with fantastic leadership qualities and one of the things that characterises good leadership is