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Sven-Göran Eriksson has fallen asleep.
He was 76 years old and is mourned throughout football Sweden.
Now best friend Tord Grip opens up about the great sadness.
One of Swedish football’s biggest profiles of all time has left us. On Monday, the legendary coach fell asleep Sven-Göran Eriksson in, he became 76 years old.
Svenni’s death
It was in January that “Svennis” told everyone that he had suffered from incurable cancer. Then he had received the news that he had less than a year to live.
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Just over half a year later, the inevitable has now happened. Eriksson fell asleep in his home, surrounded by his family.
Tord Grip’s words
The Swedish coaching icon will forever be remembered for his incredible efforts at IFK Gothenburg when they won the Uefa Cup, triple league titles with Benfica, multiple cup titles and a league title in Italy and two consecutive World Cup quarter-finals with England. He has led some of the football world’s biggest club and national teams and always has the pair of horses by his side Thor Grip been with.
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Now the best friend opens up about the grief after Sven-Göran’s passing.
– In the last few weeks, he quickly got worse. The last time I spoke to Svennis was last week. He was tired then, but we talked as usual, says Grip with emotional words to Expressen.
– Yesterday morning I spoke to his father, then Svennis was sleeping.
Last Friday, the TV documentary “Svennis” premiered on the TV channel Amazon Prime. It was the Swede’s big farewell and very emotional pictures.
– The last message was very emotional. We left the room and saw that he had to do it himself… We set up the camera, the sound guy listened outside the room. We all cried uncontrollably, says the director Claudia Corbisiero according to the English newspaper The Mirror.
– Take care of yourselves and take care of your lives. And live it. Goodbye, said Sven-Göran Eriksson with his last words.
Rest in peace, Svennis! ❤️🌹
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