Christian Eriksen is “in good spirits” and expected to leave the hospital soon after collapsing on the field again playing for Denmark, the national team’s physician said Monday.

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The 34-year-old Eriksen clutched his chest with both hands in an off-the-ball action before dropping to the ground in the 65th minute of Denmark’s international friendly against Ukraine in Odense, Denmark, on Sunday.

The midfielder walked off the field by himself after being attended by medical staff, the Danish soccer federation said after the match, and underwent more tests in Odense University Hospital.

In an update provided by the federation on Monday morning, Denmark team physician Morten Boesen said: “I spoke with Christian this morning, and he is doing well.

“He is with his family and is in good spirits. The expectation is that he will be discharged soon and can return home.”

Boesen said in the statement that the federation is “taking good care of the players and staff and remain in regular contact with them.”

Eriksen, one of Denmark’s greatest ever players, was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in the months after suffering a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s opening group game in the European Championship in 2021.

In that incident that sent soccer into shock, Eriksen was resuscitated during a lengthy period of on-field medical treatment led by Boesen and said he was later informed he was “gone from this world for five minutes.”

Eriksen resumed his professional playing career 259 days later after getting a contract at Brentford in the Premier League. After a spell at Manchester United from 2022 to 2025, he joined German club Wolfsburg in a deal through the 2026-27 season.

Neither Denmark nor Ukraine has qualified for the World Cup.