The seven trophies with the Lazio stronger than ever, the game all on the attack with the Roma and the Benficathe class on the bench of theEngland. A life full of everything, but of Sven Goran Eriksson we will especially remember the ending. These long months with the awareness of farewell. That confession that brought the world to its knees. It was January and in a video he said: “It was my last Christmas”. That confession that moved everyone, because the man was loved more than the coach. Eriksson transformed his last months of life into a sort of very long mission, a special messenger: “Take care of your life”.
Eriksson, the last farewell: “I have cancer but don’t be sorry, smile”
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Eriksson and the tumor
Aware of the privilege of having lived a wonderful life, for him “a beautiful journey”. Sven had always known that life, like a football season, is made up of moments of glory and insurmountable challenges. Pancreatic cancer, implacable, was the last opponent. Yet, even in the face of this disease, the gentleman-coach had not lost his legendary composure. “I’ve had a beautiful life,” he confided to those close to him, with a smile that betrayed a hard-won serenity. “Maybe too beautiful”.
Eriksson and the anecdote of the black cat
He was an optimist, Sven. And he was a sworn enemy of negativity, the kind that football in Rome often brings even into the locker room. Once a black cat crossed the path of the team bus to the stadium. Many, at that moment, asked to change direction, hostages of superstition. Eriksson instead imposed to go anyway: “Enough of this negativity. We are strong, we win”: And that’s exactly what happened.
Eriksson’s moving farewell message: “Thank you for everything, it’s been a fantastic journey. Live life to the fullest”
by Enrico Franceschini
Eriksson, a globetrotter with a strong character
Very calm, elegant. But capable of commanding respect as an extraordinary leader. A week before the Scudetto won with Lazio, the highest point of a career that began with Sweden and passed through the PortugalEngland, even the ChineseEriksson showed off his extraordinary ability to manage the group when Boksic complained in the locker room that his shirt was too tight. “Alain, stay out, stay on the bench”. It was not the time for tantrums and when necessary he knew how to raise his voice. Even though he won that historic Lazio championship by managing with absolute order a group full of champions, with cumbersome personalities, with explosive characters, in which arguments in training were the order of the day. “The best team I have ever coached”.
Eriksson and the sharing of illness
In recent months, Eriksson had decided to share his story, not to inspire pity, but to leave a message of hope and resilience. The cameras had followed him, capturing his reflections on a life spent on football pitches, in locker rooms and in the constant pursuit of tactical perfection. “Don’t regret me,” he said, “Smile, and remember to live your life to the fullest.”
Sven Goran Eriksson: “Lazio’s tribute still gives me energy. I’ve never felt as good as I did in Italy, and Serie A is coming back to greatness”
by Giulio Cardone, Giuseppe Antonio Perrelli
Eriksson and the England of Stars
As the football world prepared to say goodbye to him, the memories of an extraordinary career began to resonate in the form of messages, arriving from all over the world. Eriksson was a pioneer, a man who had the courage to challenge convention, like when he agreed to become the first foreign coach to lead England. The Lazio Olimpico greeted him as a hero, despite the farewell to the team that he and Cragnotti had made great, very great. With David Beckham e Steven Gerrardhowever, was unable to reach those heights of stylistic elegance and tactical organization. To think that when he arrived in Italy, at Roma, his football was spectacular and aggressive, sometimes too much so. To win he knew how to change, he knew how to understand that sometimes it is more important to manage. However, with Beckham he had established a very strong relationship, demonstrated by a surprise visit, when the champion flew to him with a bottle of wine from 1948, the year Eriksson was born. A gesture of affection that demonstrated the deep bond that the coach had been able to build with his players, not only as a leader, but as a man.
Eriksson loved by Lazio and Sampdoria fans
Italy was in fact his true home. Here Eriksson had found the perfect stage to express his vision of football. Lazio, in particular, was the team that had led him to the Olympus of great coaches. In 2000, with a team forged by sweat and ingenuity, he had won the Scudetto, giving the Biancocelesti fans a dream that they would cherish forever. He is Lazio’s most successful coach, the most loved after Maestrelli. And how can we forget the Sampdoria? In the years in which he had led the Blucerchiati, Eriksson had created a group capable of challenging the great powers of Italian football, with his unmistakable style made of discipline and intuition. The unforgettable Scudetto of Lazio. A life on the cover, an elegance that emerged from the intelligent gaze, from the slow movements, from an extraordinary attention to form. Thank you so much, Sven.
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– 2024-08-28 11:56:10
