Sven-Göran Eriksson returns to coaching on the bench of Liverpool. A dream match for the Swedish technician who has also led Roma and Lazio in his career. Among all the clubs he has managed, including Fiorentina, Manchester City, and England, the Reds were the ones he has always supported. Coaching the club was a lifelong dream and the society allowed the seventy-six-year-old to take to the field as coach in the charity match between the legends of the English team and those of Ajax. At the moment of entering the field, the fans present at Anfield gave the Swedish technician a moving standing ovation.
At the end of the challenge, CNN interviewed the class of 1948: «I am very happy and feel lucky to see that the good things I have done are celebrated while I am alive. It is not common. Usually, you have to die and have a funeral before people appreciate you and tell you how great you are. I am happy that people tell me these things while I am alive. I live as I did before, or almost. And everything is fine. The treatment is going well, there are highs and lows obviously. In short, I am still standing».
The Illness
In recent weeks, Eriksson had expressed his desire to coach Liverpool at least once in his life. The statement came after the news of his illness, a terminal cancer that does not leave much life left for the former coach. «According to the technicians I have about a year to live». So said the former Lazio coach who surprised everyone with the mid-January interview.
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