China News Service, Beijing, March 26 (Xinhua) Gerrard and Torres embraced and celebrated. A similar scene has been played at Anfield countless times. Last weekend, in the friendly match between Liverpool Legends and Ajax Legends, this scene of "memory killing" evoked the thoughts of many fans.

　　With goals from Wignard, Zal, Cisse and Torres, Liverpool Legends came back from two goals behind to beat Ajax Legends 4:2. When Torres completed the victory-sealing strike, Gerrard stepped forward to celebrate. The cheers of the fans echoed throughout the stadium, and the entire Anfield seemed to have returned to more than ten years ago.

　　However, this was not the most touching scene of the game.

  Eriksen Image Source: Liverpool Football Club Social Media

　　On the sidelines, an old man also cheered for the goal. Although his face has become thinner due to disease, his bright eyes can still be associated with the high-spirited days of the past.

　　When the Liverpool team anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone" played, Eriksen, who had just celebrated his 76th birthday, cried.

　　At the beginning of this year, the Swedish coach, who has coached the England national team and the Chinese Super League Shanghai Harbor team, revealed in an interview that he has at most one year to live with cancer, and "the worst-case scenario (time) is shorter."

　　Erikson went to the hospital for a checkup due to a stroke, but was unexpectedly told that he had pancreatic cancer, which is difficult to cure. He received treatment but was unable to undergo surgery.

　　About a year ago, the 70-year-old coach announced that he was suspending his football-related career due to physical reasons and resigned as the sports director of Swedish low-level league team Karlstad. Now he just wants to do two things: be grateful for every day and have fun when he wakes up in the morning; travel and go to a lot of football matches.

  Eriksson data map picture source: Shanghai Harbor Football Club official Weibo

　　As a famous European coach, Eriksen's importance to Swedish football is like a beacon. Compared to his playing days, his coaching career is even more legendary.

　　After retiring, Eriksen traveled to Sweden, Portugal, Italy and other places, serving as the head coach of many clubs such as Manchester City, Roma, and Lazio. He once led the Lazio team to come from behind to win the Serie A championship.

　　His successful coaching experience has made the famous Eriksson a popular candidate for the head coach position of many national teams. He has successively taken over the coaching staff of the national teams of England, Mexico, Cote d'Ivoire, and the Philippines, and is the first foreign coach to coach the England team.

　　Chinese player Sun Jihai worked with Eriksen when he played for Manchester City in his early years. In his eyes, the Swede is an out-and-out Confucian scholar: "Polite to others and gentle and elegant in doing things."

　　In 2013, Eriksson became involved in Chinese football. He became the coach of Guangzhou R&F in the Chinese Super League and led the team to third place in the league. After that, he also served as the coach of Shanghai Haigang Team and Shenzhen Kaisa Team.

　　Gentlemanly demeanor and good tactics, these are the two labels Eriksen left for world football. Because of this, when the bad news came, the former disciples immediately prayed for the old commander.

  Eriksson’s interview Picture source: Video screenshot

　　"Do you have any regrets?"

　　When hearing this question in an interview before, Eriksen replied: "My father is a die-hard Liverpool fan and so am I. I have always wanted to be the Red Army coach, but it didn't happen. I will continue to support them."

　　After learning the news, Liverpool Club responded quickly and invited Eriksen to participate in the match between Liverpool Legends and Ajax Legends as the home team coach.

　　The old man's last regret was made up for.

　　When Eriksen stepped into the Anfield stadium, he received sincere and warm wishes from the fans.

　　"I cried, these were happy tears. It was a lifelong dream of mine to sit on the bench at Liverpool and today it came true. Everything is so wonderful and it is a memory that will last a lifetime." (End)