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Italy fends off Swedish challenge with 1-0 win

Italy has qualified to the next stage of Euro 2016 after beating Sweden 1-0 on Friday.

Published: 17 June 2016 16:56 CEST
Italy fends off Swedish challenge with 1-0 win
Citadin Eder.scored Italy's goal, taking the side through to the next stage of Euro 2016. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

Naturalised Brazilian-born striker Citadin  Eder fired home the winner a minute from time as Italy qualified for the last 16 of Euro 2016 with a 1-0 win over Sweden in Toulouse.

A second victory from two games gives the Euro 2012 finalists a commanding five-point lead at the top of Group E ahead of Belgium's clash with Ireland on Saturday.

Sweden captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed a great chance to become the first man to score in four European Championships before Eder's late strike to leave Sweden struggling to qualify with just one point from their opening two matches.

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FOOTBALL

‘I’m fine — under the circumstances’: Collapsed Danish striker tweets from hospital

Christian Eriksen, the Danish football player who collapsed on the pitch in his country's opening Euro 2020 game, said that he was doing "fine" in an Instagram post from hospital on Tuesday.

Published: 15 June 2021 10:50 CEST
'I’m fine — under the circumstances': Collapsed Danish striker tweets from hospital
Danish striker Christian Eriksen tweeted a picture of himself in hospital. Photo: DBU

“I’m fine — under the circumstances, I still have to go through some examinations at the hospital, but I feel okay,” he wrote in a post accompanying a photo of him smiling and giving a thumbs-up while lying in bed.

In a scene that shocked the sporting world and beyond, the 29-year-old Inter Milan midfielder suddenly collapsed on the field in the 43rd minute of Denmark’s Group B game on Saturday against Finland in Copenhagen.

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Medical personnel administered CPR as he lay motionless on the field for about 15 minutes before being carried off the pitch and rushed to hospital. He was later confirmed to have suffered cardiac arrest.

“Big thanks for your sweet and amazing greetings and messages from all around the world. It means a lot to me and my family,” he wrote in Tuesday’s post. “Now, I will cheer on the boys on the Denmark team in the next matches. Play for all of Denmark.”

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