Sven-Göran Eriksson (Sunne, 1948) died on Monday at the age of 76. The former Swedish coach was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in January. Doctors told him that, “at best”, he would have a year to live.
World football is mourning the loss of a legend of the benches, who started as a coach in the 70s in SuedeHis last job was as sporting director of the modest club IF. Karlstada position he left due to illness. Eriksson was the first non-British coach in the history of the national team. England.
Eriksson’s story shocked world football and a moving documentary was recently released in Main video which he took the opportunity to say goodbye to all his fans: “Don’t regret it. Smile. Thank you for everything, coaches, players and fans. It’s been fantastic. Take care of yourself and your life. And live it! Goodbye,” the Swede said in a heartbreaking message. He also revealed that he wanted to rest in “calm waters” in his homeland.
Eriksson leaves with the wish to be remembered as a positive person, “who tried to do everything he could”. “So far, I am a healthy and sick man. To say that I am not afraid of dying, I suppose, is a lie. Sometimes it crosses my mind, but I try not to think about it. Life is also about death, you “I have to learn to accept it. I hope that in the end people will say, ‘Yes, he was a good man’, but not everyone will say that,” he added.
“Doctors don’t know how long I’ve been like this. It could be a month or a year. Now you can trick your brain. See the positive in things and don’t get carried away by adversity, because it is of course, “the biggest adversity I’ve faced. But I can do something good with it,” he also said about his illness.
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