Peter Schmeichel criticizes UEFA for outrageous decision to continue the Denmark game after Christian Eriksen's collapse
Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel has tagged UEFA’s decision to restart Denmark's game with Finland as ridiculous.
This is coming after Danish midfielder Christain Eriksen collapsed, a few minutes before the halftime whistle.
Thoughts of Peter Schmeichel
From the statements of United's legend, he expressed the belief that the action taken by UEFA was far from compassionate.
The Danish side had just witnessed the collapse of a key player. Psychologically, that was draining. The least the officators could do was suspend the game.
Christain Eriksen's catastrophe
A few minutes before halftime, the Danish side lost possession. Eriksen tried to make a run away from Finland's penalty area before falling to the ground.
At the sight of his collapse, English official, Anthony Taylor signaled to the medics concerning Eriksen's condition.
He then underwent a lengthy treatment, before he was carried to the hospital.
After events of Eriksen's injury
After the Inter-Milan midfielder was rushed to the hospital, the game resumed.
Denmark eventually lost the game by 1 goal to nil.
Meaty arguments laid down by Peter Schmeichel
Later the next morning, Peter Schmeichel was live on BBC radio, where he made mention of his dissatisfaction over the decision to restart the game.
According to reports, both sides were given an option to either play out the remaining minutes or be present at 12noon to finish the game.
On his part, Peter Schmeichel tagged the options as terrible and outrageous.
Conclusion
Without a doubt, the arguments of Peter Schmeichel are completely valid.
First of all, the Danish team is his country by origin. Secondly, his son Kasper Schmeichel was also on the pitch. He most probably would have later related to his dad how traumatic the events were.
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