The Danish head into the match in Baku as the favourites, but also still feeling the emotional wave of Eriksen’s collapse to cardiac arrest in their opening game defeat to Finland three weeks ago.
Denmark have found form since that early shock, recording eight goals in their past two games, thrashing Wales 4-0 in the last 16 and Russia 4-1 in their final group game.
“We will play with the heart of Christian Eriksen. He is the heart of the team still and with that heart and without fear, we will try,” Hjulmand said.
He added: “I can definitely say it is an important thing in our game to play without fear. One of my big inspirations Johan Cruyff said you cannot play football with fear.
“That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t think both ways, it doesn’t mean you just go forward without thinking backwards, but it means you cannot play football at your best if you are afraid, so for sure I want the players to set themselves free. We will do that again tomorrow.”
Meanwhile, Czech head coach Jaroslav Silhavy was wary of Denmark’s “team spirit” garnered following Eriksen’s collapse.
“The team, the Danish team and the team spirit,” Silhavy said. “That’s an immense power.
“The Danes don’t have superstars, but they form a great team together and their style is similar to ours.
“We need to match them in terms of hard work and attitude, which I think we can do. I expect a game that can go both ways, full of tackles, that will be decided by details.”