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Was it Okay for UEFA resuming the game and threatening Denmark with 3-0 forfeit?

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Before we start, do you think it was pertinent for the players to go ahead on the pitch to finish the match after they saw their teammate went through a medical emergency and was hospitalised? Were they mentally prepared?    Striker Martin Braithwaite and former goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel criticized UEFA for resuming the Euro 2020 match of Denmark against Finland on Saturday that forced traumatized players to play in the situation after teammate Christian Eriksen’s collapse. The match was suspended soon after Eriksen collapsed and was given CPR on the pitch before he got transferred to the hospital. Both the team players were under stress seeing the midfielder in a medical emergency. The game later was restarted by UEFA when the player was awake and out of danger. While announcing the restarting of the game, UEFA stated through a statement “following the request made by players of both teams,” but Braithwaite and Schmeichel claim that players were not in the co

Sunil Chhetri's brace lifts India 2-0 vs Bangladesh in a climacteric qualifier

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India takes 3 points home in a must-win FIFA World Cup qualifier defeating Bangladesh 2-0 at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha with Sunil Chhetri's brace after a goalless first half. The blues reserved their first win after two years to continue in the race for reaching AFC Asian Cup in 2023. They have now sprung to third place in Group E collecting 6 points from seven matches. An eleven match winless run is over and all thanks to the captain.  The four fourth-place finishers in each of the eight groups directly get qualified for the third round for the Asian Cup qualifiers. Six teams were ahead of India with more points which made it important for the Blue Tigers to win this match desperately or go home without any hope for the automatic berth in the third round. Started with Gurpreet Singh, Subhash Bose, Sandesh Jhingan, Chinglensana Singh, Glan Martin's, Brandon Fernandes, Bipin Singh, Suresh Singh, Manvir Singh, Udanta Singh and Sunil Chhetri the captain, Blu