It was a Saturday without the Premier League but full of emotions at Anfield. And today, the Liverpool Legends faced the Ajax veterans. And on the ‘Reds’ bench, as Jurgen Klopp promised, was Sven Goran Eriksson. The legendary 76-year-old Swedish coach (former England coach for five years, between 2001 and 2006) who A few months ago he announced that he was suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer, he fulfilled his dream: to coach Liverpool at least once.
“When they asked me if I was interested I thought it was a joke. Obviously I said yes, and the fact that it was a charity match makes it even better. “I am very grateful to Liverpool for this opportunity,” he declared yesterday at the press conference prior to the match.
I am very grateful to Liverpool for this opportunity
Sven Goran Eriksson
Erikson’s father, who is still alive, is a self-confessed Liverpool fan, and That’s where the passion of the Swede comes from, who declared himself a “fan of the Anfield team.” Klopp, with whom he hugged on the pitch, invited him to take his place on the bench immediately, as soon as he found out about Eriksson’s health.
The Swede sat on the bench alongside Liverpool legends such as Ian Rush, John Barnes and John Aldrige, and will have under his command players such as Jerzy Dudek, Sander Westerveld, Martin Skrtel, Fabio Aurelio, Djibril Cissé and Ryan Babel in addition to two top-notch and current legends like Gerrard and Fernando Torres.
Goal from Torres… and comeback from the ‘Pool’
The match ended with an English comeback and a goal from Fernando Torres: 4-2. The Spanish striker closed Liverpool’s rout against Ajax by scoring, so many years later, again in front of ‘The Kop’.
Nabil El Zhar, Djibril Cisse and Gregory Vignal scored the goals for the Reds; Boerrigter and Musampa for the Dutch. Ajax had renowned former footballers such as Rafael van der Vaart, Ronald de Boer, Nwankwo Kanu and Danny Blind. 59,655 filled Anfield to watch the match.
2024-03-23 16:56:35
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