Christian Eriksen posted a picture from his hospital bed with a thumbs-up as he made his first comments since suffering a cardiac arrest and has said he is "fine under the circumstances".
The 29-year-old Denmark midfielder, collapsed in Saturday's game with Finland and had to be resuscitated on the pitch.
Eriksen had to be resuscitated on the pitch after collapsing shortly before half-time in Saturday's match in Copenhagen.
Denmark's team doctor Morten Boese said: "How close were we to losing him? I don't know, but we got him back after one defib [defibrillation] so that's quite fast.
"The examinations that have been done so far look fine. We don't have an explanation to why it happened."
Eriksen has thanked fans from around the world for their support.
Only when they were informed that Eriksen was awake in the hospital did the players agree to resume the match, with play restarting almost two hours after the former Tottenham player collapsed.
Finland won 1-0 and Denmark forward Martin Braithwaite has said the decision to resume the match was the "least bad one".
Eriksen wrote via Instagram "Now, I will cheer on the boys on the Denmark team in the next matches, Play for all of Denmark."
The Inter Milan playmaker is now in a stable condition in a Copenhagen hospital.
"Big thanks for your sweet and amazing greetings and messages from all around the world," he added. "It means a lot to me and my family.
"I'm fine - under the circumstances. I still have to go through some examinations at the hospital, but I feel OK."
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