A few days ago, German football legend Beckenbauer passed away, and Beckenbauer, known as the emperor of football by fans, is a German legend. Beckenbauer also became another football superstar who died after the football kings Maradona and Pele. While many German fans are still immersed in the grief of Beckenbauer's death, Swedish coach Eriksen said in an interview with Swedish radio that he has cancer. And Eriksen revealed that his condition is very serious, and the best case scenario is that there is only one year left. Eriksen is 75 years old and 27 years old when he was a player, announcing his retirement due to a serious knee injury.
After retiring as a player, Eriksen became a coach and served as head coach of Lazio, Roma and Fiorentina. Eriksen was England national team manager from 2001 to 2006. He became the first foreign manager in the history of the England national team. He has coached players such as Wayne Rooney, David Beckham and Steven Gerrard, who led England to the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup. In the Golden Yuan era of the Chinese Super League, Eriksen came to coach in the Chinese Super League and served as the head coach of Guangzhou R&F Shanghai, Harbour and Shenzhen teams. After leaving the Chinese Super League, Eriksen also coached in lower Asian leagues such as Thailand and the Philippines.
During his managerial career, Eriksen won 18 trophies in Serie A (Lazio European Cup Winners' Cup (Lazio and UEFA Europa League) (Gothenburg and Coppa Italia (Lazio twice, Samp once, Roma once) and three Portuguese Super League (Benfica). Although Eriksen said goodbye early due to injury as a player, Eriksen's coaching career was very successful, leading many teams to win trophies and becoming a well-known manager in world football. But years of coaching career have also dragged down Eriksen's body, and Eriksen's self-disclosure of his experience of cancer in the interview also shows Eriksen's more optimistic attitude towards life, which is still worthy of the admiration of fans.
There is always a sad atmosphere in world football in 2024, and after the death of Beckenbauer, Eriksen also revealed that he had cancer and died soon. These two football legends use their personal experience to tell us that both football coaches and athletes should pay attention to their physical condition in their daily sports and life, because only a healthy physical condition can allow football players and coaches to enjoy the happiness brought by football. Either way, as a bystander, I hope for a miracle that will allow Eriksen to recover and enjoy the rest of his time.