After that, Eriksson became a traveling coach who went on to manage several clubs. Including Manchester City during the era when Lieutenant Colonel Thaksin Shinawatra was the team's owner, Notts County, Leicester City, Guangzhou R&F, Shanghai SIPG and Shenzhen FC, as well as the national teams of Mexico, Ivory Coast and the Philippines. . Before he announced his retirement due to health problems
After announcing his cancer diagnosis, Sven had the opportunity to speak to the media in many places. Be it the past life story including how to live in the remaining time and there was an occasion when he talked about his passion for football and his favorite childhood team. He revealed for the first time that his favorite team is Liverpool, the leaders of the English Premier League. He had always dreamed of being able to manage a team for once. But that didn't happen. Only those who approached came closer.
“My father supports Liverpool and I always will too. I always hope I will have the opportunity with them one day in my career. But it didn’t happen. That’s what I regret,” said Sven.
After this interview ended, Liverpool fans abroad began demanding that the club fulfill Sven's dream. By appointing him as a coach in a charity game.
The story reached the ears of Jurgen Klopp and the board of directors. He was happy to make Sven's dream come true by being invited to coach Liverpool Legends. Who will play a duel with the legendary team Ajax on March 23
The match was lively, with around 60,000 fans standing to applaud and sing along to Sven-Goran Eriksson. 'you'll never walk alone' To send encouragement to this legendary coach who will fight the disease for as long as possible, while Sven himself cried after receiving a warm welcome from the fans.
“It will be the greatest memory of my life. It is truly a beautiful thing, to be on the bench for Liverpool has been a dream of mine all my life. It has happened now. It was a beautiful day in every sense of the word.”
“The people, the match, the players, everything was fantastic. I thank Liverpool for giving me this opportunity to come and take charge of such an important match.”
“It's full of emotion. And then the tears came out. This is my dream club all my life. Even when I was managing England I still supported Liverpool, but at that time I couldn't reveal anything.”
“It was a beautiful end. And also closing the curtain with Liverpool, there is nothing better than this,” Sven concluded.
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