Christian Eriksen marked his return to the European Championship with a goal as Denmark were held to a 1-1 draw by Slovenia.
It is almost three years to the day since Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s Euro 2020 match against Finland before coming back to the sport eight months later.
He put Denmark ahead in Stuttgart after only 17 minutes and they appeared to be heading for victory, but Erik Janza netted with a deflected effort 13 minutes from time.
Benjamin Sesko also hit the post for Slovenia, who will feel they could have snatched all three points.
Much-hyped RB Leipzig striker Sesko had the first real chance of the match, driving just past the post from outside the box.
But shortly afterwards Denmark took the lead with a fi…