Eriksen closes the circle: the best goal

After the huge scare at Euro2020, the former Inter midfielder is trying to drag his country towards the direct elimination phase.

On January 28, 2020 theInter of Antonio Conte and Zhang not yet hindered by Chinese politics, he manages to obtain almost thirty million euros Christian Eriksen from Tottenham, at the time one of the best midfielders around. The impact with the Nerazzurri world and above all the relationship with Antonio Conte did not they were very simple initially and the Dane was often relegated to the bench, being able to count only on short moments of matches to show off, often playing out of position. Eriksen, however, continued to demonstrate exemplary behavior, acting like a true professional.

If there is something that Eriksen’s story has taught us it is that the Dane loves difficulties, facing them and overcoming them. The turning point is the 2021 Coppa Italia derby: in the last remnant of the match, with a splendid free kick the Dane decides the match and puts a swerve into his Nerazzurri adventure, completely changing his coach’s mind. The second part of the season was completely different: Eriksen he was constantly inserted by left midfielderproving decisive in winning their nineteenth title, also symbolically scoring the goal in the match that gave the Nerazzurri the math, in the 2-0 against Genoa.

Eriksen and resilience: 1100 days later he scores in the European Championship

The conditions for being a pillar of Inzaghi’s future Inter were all there: what got involved in this love story was, ironically, the heart. In fact, in the 43rd minute of Denmark-Finland Erisken felt ill, collapsing to the ground and predicting the worst. The rest is known history: the “Human Shield” wanted by Simon Kjaer, the intervention of doctors and fear. To return to the field he had to insert a subcutaneous defibrillatorwhich prevented him from continuing his adventure in Italy.

In January 2022 he returned to the field with Brentford, demonstrating that he had perfectly recovered from his heart problems: in the following summer moves to Manchester United, where he quickly took over the keys to the Red Devils’ midfield. In the 17th minute of Denmark-Slovenia, the Dane appeared in front of Oblak, piercing the goalkeeper with a great right-footed shot.Athletessymbolically closing the circle of his last three years: if we search in the dictionary, under the heading “resilience”, you will find a photo of a boy with blue eyes: Christian Eriksen, 1100 days later.