Mexican soccer officials and newspaper reporters were fooled by an English actor posing as Swedish manager, Sven-Goran Eriksson.
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Derek Williams, who has earned his living as a Sven lookalike since the swedish manager's colorful reign as England manager, travelled in 2008 to Mexico, where Eriksson had recently taken over as the national coach. Wearing Eriksson's trademark spectacles and with a pair of leggy brunettes on each arm, Williams settled into the dugout at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City and started talking tactics with Ricardo Ferreti, the Brazilian manager of the Pumas, a championship winning team.
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| Sven with two ladies |
"He explained to me that he was looking at players for his first squad selection for Mexico," said Ferreti, "and I believed him." The fake Sven then went on to conduct an impromptu press conference in the car park with reporters. After those present finally realized that they had been duped, Ferreti said: "To tell the truth, I liked the joke." The national federation was less amused, however, and warned all clubs in the country's top league that there was a Sven impostor on the loose. Denouncing Williams for "irresponsibly exploiting his likeness to the national coach," it warned clubs "not to let yourselves be surprised by this individual.
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