Five football players who died after collapsing on the field

For almost one hour, the world of Football watched in horror and shock as one of the most talented midfielders of this generation, Christian Eriksen, lay motionless on the football pitch in front of his home crowd. Teammates surrounded him, medical professionals gave him CPR and as tears flowed from the eyes of his teammates, every football fan started thinking about the worst: seasoned football fans have seen this in the past and the outcome has almost never been nice. 

However, at the time of filing this report, we can confirm that Christian Eriksen has stabilised, is under the best possible medical care and most importantly, alive. The match, which we had almost forgotten about, will start again. This can only mean that Eriksen has recovered enough for his teammates are assured of his safety.

Other footballers, however, were not so lucky.