Former captain of the England national team David Beckham On a social network, he made an emotional farewell to the team’s former coach Sven-Göran Eriksson .
On Monday, it was announced that Ericsson had died at the age of 77. In January, the Swede announced that doctors had diagnosed him with terminal pancreatic cancer. From 2001 to 2006, the specialist managed the England national team.
– We laughed, cried and realized that we were saying goodbye… Sven, thank you for always being who you were: passionate, caring, calm, a true gentleman… I will always be grateful to you for making me captain.
Thank you, Sven, and for your last words: “Everything will be fine,” Beckham wrote on the social network.
Eriksson managed Benfica from 1982 to 1984 and from 1989 to 1992, winning the Portuguese Championship three times with the club, the Portuguese Cup and the Portuguese Super Cup once each. The specialist has coached several European clubs, including Italy’s Roma, Fiorentina and Lazio. He has also worked in China.
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Source : MatchTV
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