Alex Scott was reduced to tears after Christian Eriksen's collapsed on the pitch and needed urgent CPR treatment during Denmark's Euro 2020 match with Finland on Saturday.
The 29-year-old Danish midfielder went down unchallenged and required urgent medical assistance in distressing scenes in Copenhagen, which saw the match called off just after 6pm.
Eriksen was taken off the pitch via a moving stretcher on wheels shortly after the cancellation of the match with the midfielder wearing an oxygen mask. There is no official news yet of the 29-year-old's condition.
And when cameras cut to the BBC studio containing Scott, Cesc Fabregas, Micah Richards and host Gary Lineker, the former England women's footballer was clearly emotional.
She told the studio: 'I’m already getting emotional, I cant believe what we’re witnessing. Football goes totally out of the window.
'You’re thinking about his family, all the rest of the players that are out there witnessing it as well. I actually just got on my phone and told my mother I love her. I think it’s a reminder how quickly life can change. Just like that.'