Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field. He is responsive and awake.

Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed to the field late in the first half of his team’s game against Finland at Euro 2020 on Saturday, a frightening moment that played out before a stadium filled with fans and broadcast to a live global television audience.

Eriksen received immediate treatment on the grass where he had fallen, and was awake when he left the stadium on a stretcher about 20 minutes later. Tournament organizers reported that his condition had “stabilized.”

Denmark’s soccer federation reported that he was awake, and that the match had been allowed to resume only after his teammates had been assured he was “okay.”

UEFA suspended the match, which had been nearing its halftime break, for more than an hour after Eriksen was stricken. But it later said the game would resume at the request of both teams, and the players — relieved that their teammate and friend appeared to be OK, but a few of them still wiping away tears — soon returned to the field.

Earlier, the Finns had stood and applauded their Danish rivals as they returned to the field to restart the game.

Just over 90 minutes after Eriksen fell to the ground, play resumed. Finland won, 1-0. The victory was its first in a major championship for its national team — Finland had never before played in the World Cup or the Euros — but its celebrations were tempered by the day’s events.

Eriksen was near the sideline, waiting to receive a throw-in, in the 42nd minute when he stumbled and fell forward. Players on both teams immediately sensed serious trouble, rushing to him and waving frantically for trainers to come to his aid.

The Denmark players, some of them crying and others praying, then formed a circle to shield Eriksen from view as the medical teams administered urgent care.

At one point, television images showed a trainer performing chest compressions on Eriksen. The director of the federation, Peter Moeller, told Denmark’s national broadcaster DB that Eriksen had received a “heart massage” on the field.

UEFA, the tournament organizer, immediately suspended the match and later tweeted that Eriksen had been taken to the hospital and “stabilized.” Denmark’s soccer association announced that Eriksen was “awake and undergoing further examinations.”

The incident happened in the 43rd minute of a scoreless game. Play was suspended, and both teams left the field.

Just over an hour after the incident, though, UEFA announced the match would resume “following the request made by players of both teams.”

The teams returned to the field for warm-ups and then played the final four minutes of the first half. Mathias Jensen replaced Eriksen in Denmark’s midfield. Fifteen minutes into the second half, Finland took the lead on a header by Joel Pohjanpalo.

Inside the stadium during the delay, fans waiting for updates during the suspension appeared to unite in concern for Eriksen, at one point volleying chants back and forth between their respective cheering sections.

When the Finnish fans chanted “Christian,” their Danish counterparts answered with “Eriksen.”

Earlier, trainers and medical teams had worked on Eriksen on the field — only yards from a grandstand crowded with Denmark fans — for nearly 20 minutes before transferring him onto a stretcher and carrying him off the field. As he left, Eriksen appeared to be awake on the stretcher, resting his hand on his forehead.

Eriksen’s collapse and subsequent treatment left the crowd in Copenhagen’s Parken Stadium nearly silent, and Denmark’s players struggling to hide their emotions. Denmark’s captain, Simon Kjaer, stayed by his teammate’s side until help arrived. He and goalkeeper Kaspar Schmeichel then moved to midfield to comfort Eriksen’s partner, Sabrina Kvist Jensen, who had rushed to the advertising boards in front of the stands.

Eriksen, a 29-year-old who plays for the Italian champion Inter Milan, has been a fixture for Denmark for more than a decade. He led the team to the World Cup in 2018, where it advanced to the round of 16, and started for Tottenham Hotspur in Europe’s marquee club championship, the Champions League final, in 2019.