Is dead Sven-Goran ErikssonThe BBC states, “Terribly sad news has reached us: Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76. The former England manager died this morning at his home surrounded by his loved ones.“, writes the English public broadcaster. Eriksson, who in Italy coached Lazio, Sampdoria and Roma, announced a few months ago that he was suffering from an incurable tumor.
Eriksson had been the first foreign coach of theEnglandthus inextricably linking his figure to British football. In Italy he had arrived in the mid-80s at Romaafter the experience on the bench of Benfica in Portugal. Then the benches of Fiorentina e Sampdoria. With the Lazio won the championship in the 1999-2000 season. Then he toured the world fromArabia at the Chineseat the Thailand. He has coached several national teams: after his experience with England, he in fact led Ivory Coast, Mexico e Philippines.
In January he revealed that he was battling terminal cancer, saying that at best he had “a year of life“. Since that announcement, Eriksson has been a guest at some of the clubs he has coached around Europe. In Italy, he was welcomed to the stadium by Lazio and Sampdoria. In England, he realized a dream of his: sitting on the Liverpool bench during a match organized between the club’s legends and theAjax. “Don’t be sorry. Smile.“.
It is one of the last messages from the coach during a documentary dedicated to him that Amazon published in recent weeks.Thank you for everything: coaches, players, crowd. It was amazing. Take care of yourself, take care of your life and live it. Until the end – he added – I’ve had a good life, s“Yes,” Eriksson admitted. “I think we all fear the day we die. But life is also about death. You have to learn to accept it, for what it is. Hopefully in the end people will say, ‘Yes, he was a good man.’ But not everyone will say that. I hope they will remember me as a positive man.“.
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– 2024-08-27 07:40:11
