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Christian Eriksen who suffered cardiac arrest in the previous European Championship for Denmark ended returned to Kasper Hjulmand's Danish squad for UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany. Despite the horrific incident involving Eriksen, the Danes rallied together and reached the semi-finals in the previous Euro but suffered a 2-1 loss against E ngland.
The 32-year-old Manchester United was among the 26 names announced on Thursday for the tournament in which Denmark play Slovenia, England and Serbia in Group C. With Eriksen's inclusion, English-born midfielder Matt O'Riley couldn't be picked, despite a fine season in the Scottish Premiership for champions Celtic.
Denmark announce squad for UEFA Euro 2024
"It's hard to disappoint someone, these are boyhood dreams that come up short, (but) I'm very happy with the squad we have," Hjulmand said. He then spoke about Simon Kjaer's inclusion as he said, "We have a lot of data on him, we have visited him and have it fully under control. He is now in a place where he is completely ready, he is in good physical condition,"
Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel, Frederik Ronnow, Mads Hermansen
Defenders: Andreas Christensen, Simon Kjaer, Joachim Andersen, Jannik Vestergaard, Victor Nelsson, Alexander Bah. Joakim Maehle, Rasmus Nissen Kristensen, Victor Kristiansen
Midfielders: Christian Eriksen, Thomas Delaney, Morten Hjulmand, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Christian Norgaard, Mathias Jensen, Mikkel Damsgaard,
Forwards: Jacob Bruun Larsen, Andreas Skov Olsen, Anders Dreyer, Kasper Dolberg, Rasmus Hojlund, Jonas Wind, Yussuf Yurary Poulsen
