FLASH
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In a ceremony of 600 people, the world of football said its last farewell to the legendary coach, Sven-Goran Eriksson.
The funeral took place in the rural town of Torsby, near the Norwegian border, and was watched by hundreds of people on a giant screen outside the church where the 76-year-old's body lay.
Part of the tributes were prime ministers, club leaders, players and former footballers, while in his honor, the English and Swedish national teams played with black ribbons alongside the Nations League matches.
Part of this ceremony was the legend David Beckham, who was promoted to captain of England under Erikson's leadership.
He led England to the quarter-finals of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, and the 2004 European Championship, managing a golden generation of players that, in addition to Beckham, included stars such as Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.
A soft-spoken but firm coach, Eriksson guided teams in Sweden, Portugal and Italy to major trophies in the 1980s and 1990s before taking over the England national team in 2001.
He began to build his international reputation when he led Swedish club IFK Gothenburg to the UEFA Cup title in 1982 and was named runner-up as coach of Benfica and Italian clubs Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and Sampdoria.
Unable to end England's trophy drought, he left the Three Lions bench in 2006, going on to coach Manchester City and Leicester City, then Mexico and Ivory Coast and clubs in China and the Philippines.
Erikson announced in January that he was suffering from pancreatic cancer, a disease with which he lost his battle for life.
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