The former Swedish coach Sven-Goran Erikssonn died at the age of 76, a victim of pancreatic cancer that he had been fighting for more than a year. This was announced by his family and the world of football is already mourning him. The coach announced at the beginning of the year that he had only one year to live “in the best cases.”
“Sven-Goran Eriksson has passed away,” his family announced in a statement from Sweden. “After a long illness, he died this morning at home surrounded by his family.” Eriksson fulfilled a dream before his death when, in March, he was on the bench for Liverpool Legends in a charity match against Ajax. She described the moment as “absolutely beautiful” and a “great memory” in her life.
“In the end everything happened very quickly and this morning he fell asleep at home, surrounded by his family,” his agent Bo Gustavsson told ‘SVT’. Eriksson, who was the first foreigner to manage the England team, led Swedish, Portuguese and Italian clubs to major trophies in the 1980s and 1990s before taking over as England manager in 2001.
Eriksson led England to the quarter-finals of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, and Euro 2004, coaching a golden generation of players including David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard. Since making his illness public, Eriksson has received several public tributes, both in his home country and in others where he trained, such as the United Kingdom and Italy.
Source: La Verdad
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