Do you want a transcript of the call? I'm sure if you wrote to the Danish FA they'd give it to you.
I don't need a transcript, i'll leave it to the manager to clarify:
Denmark boss Kasper Hjulmand said he thought it was wrong for players to be asked if they wanted to continue the match following the incident.
"I know it's very difficult," Hjulmand said. "But looking back it was the wrong thing to make the decision between the two scenarios to the players in this case.
"Players were in a shock condition. Players who didn't really know yet if they had lost their best friend. And they have to decide between these two things. And I have a sense that we shouldn't have played.
"I know it's difficult. It's just a feeling I have. Maybe we should have just gone on to the bus and gone home and let's see what the next days would have brought.
"That's just my feeling now, but I think it was a very, very tough decision that the players had to try to make a decision. I know it's difficult, but I have a sense that it was wrong for the players to be given this situation."
< sounds like the decision to resume playing was before they spoke to Christian>
Hjulmand said the team spoke to Eriksen before resuming the game, adding that the Inter Milan midfielder was more focused on his teammates.
"Typically, Christian he was concerned about us and, of course, his family. He said 'I don't remember much' and 'I'm more concerned about you guys, how are you doing?' That's typical Christian. That just shows that these big players and their generosity. He's a hell of a player, but what a person he is as well."
Now, I would suspect the manager would mention that Christian asked his team mate to play on and that was why they decided to return to the pitch. To win it for Christian...as some in the media suggested was the case. Of course, the media won't be brought to task for ..imho..jumping to judgement and trying to be first to a story. And we've all seen that over the years how wrong the media are. But some said it. Some tweeted it, so it had to be true.
And when someone brings it up that they don't see evidence, well they get a bit of stick as well.
It's not about vindication as such. It's about not letting the media dictate the story when evidence may suggest otherwise. The evidence for me was the pictures of the players warming up in tears. That didn't suggest that Christian told them go play for him.
