{"id":359270,"date":"2024-01-11T10:19:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=359270"},"modified":"2024-01-11T21:02:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T21:02:50","slug":"former-england-coachs-heartbreaking-health-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=359270","title":{"rendered":"Former England coach's heartbreaking health update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swedish football coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said he has cancer and might have less than a year to live.<\/p>\n

The former England manager told Swedish Radio P1 he discovered he had cancer after collapsing suddenly.<\/p>\n

He said in February last year that he was reducing his public appearances because of health issues.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEveryone understands that I have a disease that is not good, and everyone guesses that it is cancer and it is,\u201d Eriksson said in an interview published on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Eriksson said he has pancreatic cancer and that it is inoperable.<\/p>\n

\"Manager<\/p>\n

\u201cAt best I have maybe a year, at worst maybe a little less,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The 75-year-old said he is trying to think positively.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could go and think about it all the time and sit at home and be grumpy and think I\u2019m unlucky and so on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that is easily done, that you end up there.<\/p>\n

\"Philippines<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, look at things positively and don\u2019t wallow in adversity. Because this is, of course, the biggest setback.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eriksson was England\u2019s first ever foreign-born coach from 2001-2006 after making his name winning league titles at club level with Lazio in Italy, Benfica in Portugal and IFK Gothenburg in his native Sweden.<\/p>\n

Eriksson led what was regarded as a \u201cgolden generation\u201d of players, including David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney, at the World Cups in 2002 and 2006 and got the team to the quarterfinals at both tournaments before elimination by Brazil and Portugal, respectively.<\/p>\n

\"ROMA,<\/p>\n

In the only other major tournament under Eriksson – the European Championship in 2004 – England was also ousted at the quarterfinal stage, again by Portugal and via a penalty shootout like at the World Cup in 2006.<\/p>\n

Eriksson\u2019s last coaching role was with the Philippines\u2019 national team in 2018-2019 and most recently had the role of sporting director at Karlstad, a team in Sweden\u2019s third division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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