Sven Goran Eriksson, the coach's drama: the same cancer that struck Vialli

Sven Goran Eriksson, the drama of the former coach, pancreatic cancer

Former Sampdoria, Roma and Lazio manager and former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson he confessed to Swedish radio P1 that he has a inoperable pancreatic cancer and have one year to live. Shocking news and the world of football immediately rallied around the 77-year-old Swedish coach.

Sven Goran Eriksson pancreatic cancer, Arrigo Sacchi: 'A great man, I hope he can overcome this illness'

Sven-Göran Eriksson “is a very good person, a great coach and knowing now that he is so ill is a great disappointment for me”, he told Adnkronos Arrigo Sacchi, struck by the news spread by the Swedish coach himself that he has a tumor that is now inoperable. “I hope it's not true or that he manages to overcome this bad illness. He is truly a person who has given so much to football.”

Sven Goran Eriksson and pancreatic cancer. Ottavio Bianchi, 'He's fighting a real thing, not a football match'

Sven-Goran Eriksson “has already explained everything himself with a lot of dignity and saying things to a person who is struggling with a real thing, not a football match, is difficult. I can only express the greatest possible understanding and the greatest possible closeness.” Former Roma and Napoli coach Ottavio Bianchi said this to Adnkronos, after the news of the terminal illness that struck the former Swedish coach.

Sven Goran Eriksson, the drama of the former coach: the same cancer that struck Gianluca Vialli

The same tumor that took away Gianluca Vialli a year ago, while Sinisa Mihajlovic died of blood cancer, myeloid leukemiain December 2022. But there have been cases of players who have overcome this terrible evil. Leukemia that took away Bruno Beatrice. The Fiorentina midfielder fell ill in 1985, a year after retiring, from acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Football, Sébastien Haller and Francesco Acerbi: the victory against testicular cancer

The latest case in chronological order is that of Borussia Dortmund striker Sébastien Haller who overcame testicular cancer which forced him to stop and fight against the disease for seven months, facing two operations and four cycles of chemotherapy, until he was authorized to return to training with the rest of the team at the beginning of 2023.

Same problem accused by current Inter defender Francesco Acerbi who underwent emergency surgery at San Raffaele in Milan on 17 July to remove it, returning to the field two months later. In 2004, Dutchman Arjen Robben was diagnosed with testicular cancer but he also recovered very quickly after the operation. Same problem faced by Marco Mancosu in 2021

Eric Abidal, healing from liver cancer

Going back over the years there was the case of Barcelona defender Eric Abidal who was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2011. He underwent an operation to remove a part of the organ affected by the disease and returned to the field after two months.

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