Sven-Goran Eriksson, 76, has been battling pancreatic cancer for several years, which is now in the terminal phase. The former coach knows he is doomed and was recently able to realize one of his dearest dreams: officiating on the Liverpool bench during a charity match between legends from the Reds and Ajax.
Now in decline, the Swedish technician bids his heartbreaking farewells in a documentary that will be available on the Prime Video platform from Friday, August 23. I had a good life. Maybe too good.he breathes. I think we all fear the day we die, but life is also death… »
“Don’t be sorry, smile”
While inevitably sad, Sven-Goran Eriksson’s message is also resolutely positive. I hope that in the end people will say, yes, he was a good man, but not everyone will say that. I hope you will remember me as a positive man who tried to do everything he could do. Don’t be sorry, smile. Thank you for everything, the coaches, the players, the crowd, it was fantastic. Take care of yourself and your life. And live it! »
The first foreign coach in the history of the Three Lions of England, between 2001 and 2006, Sven-Goran Eriksson also managed Mexico (2008-2009), Ivory Coast (2010) and the Philippines (2018-2019). A former right-back forced to end his football career due to injury, the player started on the bench at the age of 31, in Gothenburg, before winning the UEFA Cup there three years later, in 1982. He also brilliantly coached Benfica Lisbon and Lazio Rome, not to mention his experiences at Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria or Leicester, and of course Manchester City.
