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rurikbird

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The 2019/20 Champions League campaign gets underway tonight and ahead of the return of European football, UEFA have released an extensive guide on how to pronounce players' names.

The European governing body have highlighted a few players from each of the 32 clubs represented whose names are difficult to say right.

So, here's the right way to pronounce Joao Felix, Antoine Griezmann, Robert Lewandowski and N'Golo Kante, among others.

Ajax (Eye-axe)

Carel Eiting - Eh-ting
Quincy Promes - Pro-mess
Dušan Tadić - Doo-shan Tad-itch
Donny van de Beek - Vonder-Bake
Hakim Ziyech - Zee-eck

Atalanta

Martin de Roon - der-Own
Hans Hateboer - Hatta-boo-er
Simon Kjær - Kee-air
Mario Pašalić - Pa-shah-litch
Berat Xhimshiti - Jimsh-ittee

Atletico Madrid (At-LAY-tee-co)

João Félix - Joo-wow Fay-lish
Koke - Cokka
Saúl Ñíguez - Sow-ool Nee-gess
Ivan Šaponjić - Shap-on-yitch
Šime Vrsaljko - She-may Ver-sal-ko

Barcelona (Bar-sell-owe-nah)

Antoine Griezmann - An-twan Gree-ez-man
Clément Lenglet - Long-lay
Moussa Wagué - Wa-gay

Bayer Leverkusen (By-er)

Charles Aránguiz - Aran-gweess
Lukas Hradecky - Hra-dets-key
Ramazan Özcan - Erz-jan
Joel Pohjanpalo - Po-yan-pah-lo

Bayern Munich (By-ern Moon-shun)

Jérome Boateng - Jeh-rom Bwa-teng
Mickael Cuisance - Kweez-onss
Robert Lewandowski - Levan-dovski
Daniels Ontužāns - On-too-Jan's
Ivan Perišić - Perish-itch

Benfica (Ben-fee-ka)

Caio - Kye-oh
Ljubomir Fejsa - Lubo-meer Fay-sa
Andrija Živković - An-dree-a Jiv-kov-itch

Borussia Dortmund (Bo-rooss-ear)

Łukasz Piszczek - Woo-cah Peesh-check
Marco Reus - Royce
Julian Weigl - Yool-yan Vye-gul

Chelsea

César Azpilicueta - Az-pilly-kwetta
Michy Batshuayi - Batch-why
N'Golo Kanté - Con-tay
Christian Pulišić - Police-sick
Kurt Zouma - Zoom-er

Club Brugge (Cloob Brooger)

Brandon Meckele - Meck-eh-le
Simon Mignolet - See-mon Meen-yo-lay
Siebe Schrijvers - See-ber Skrivers
Thibault Vlietinck - Tee-bo Flee-tink
Crvena Zvezda (Tser-vay-nah zvez-der)
Srdjan Babić - Serd-yan Bab-itch
Richmond Boakye - Bo-atch-yay
Miloš Degenek - Mil-osh
Dušan Jovančić - Doo-shan Yovan-chitch
Veljko Simić - Velly-ko Sim-itch

Dinamo Zagreb (Dee-na-mo)

Izet Hajrović - High-ro-vitch
Luka Ivanušec - Ivan-oo-shets
Damian Kądzior - Kon-jaw
François Moubandje - Moo-ban-jay
Danijel Zagorac - Zago-rats

Galatasaray

Adem Büyük - Boo-yook
Selçuk İnan - Sel-chook Ee-nan
Okan Kocuk - Co-chook
Şener Özbayraklı - Shenner Erz-by-rak-ler

Genk

Gaetan Coucke - Gay-tan Cooker
Patrik Hrošovský - Raw-shovski
Joakim Mæhle - Mah-ler
Jere Uronen - Yeh-ray Oo-ro-nen
Dries Wouters - Vow-ters

Inter Milan (Inter-nats-eon-ar-lay)

Stefan de Vrij - Duv-rye
Diego Godín - God-een
Milan Škriniar - Shkreen-yar

Juventus (Yoo-ven-tus)

Federico Bernardeschi - Ber-nar-desk-ee
Juan Cuadrado - Wan Kwad-rard-o
Mattia De Sciglio - De Sheely-o
Wojciech Szczęsny - Voy-check Sh-chens-nay

Liverpool

Xherdan Shaqiri - Jer-dan Shat-cheery
Georginio Wijnaldum - Why-naldum

Lokomotiv Moscow (Lokomo-teev)

Vedran Ćorluka - Chor-loo-ka
Guilherme - Gil-yair-may
Benedikt Höwedes - Hoover-diss
Grzegorz Krychowiak - Gregorsh Crick-ovvy-ack

Lille (Losc leel)

Luiz Araújo - Ar-ow-joh
Jérémy Pied - P-yay
Loïc Rémy - L-oik Ray-me
Adama Soumaoro - Soom-our-oh
Xeka - Shekka

Lyon (Lee-on)

Houssem Aouar - Ow-ar (to rhyme with 'how are')
Fernando Marçal - Mar-sal
Jeff Reine-Adélaïde - Ren Adder-laid
Ciprian Tătăruşanu - Ship-ree-an Tata-roo-shah-noo

Manchester City

João Cancelo - Joo-wow Can-say-lo
Kevin De Bruyne - De Brurner
İlkay Gündoğan - Eel-kye Gun-doe-wan
Gabriel Jesus - Jay-zooss

Napoli

Elseid Hysaj - Hoo-sigh
Lorenzo Insigne - In-seen-yay
Kevin Malcuit - Mal-kwee

Olympiacos (Olimpy-ar-koss)

Daniel Podence - Po-dense

Paris Saint-Germain (Pah-ree San-Jer-man)

Idrissa Gueye - Gway
Layvin Kurzawa - Lay-van Kur-java
Thomas Meunier - Muh-nyay

RB Leipzig (Lie-pzig)

Matheus Cunha - Kun-ya
Emil Forsberg - Fors-berry
Péter Gulácsi - Goo-latch-ee
Konrad Laimer - Lime-er

Real Madrid (Ray-al Ma-dreed)

Dani Carvajal - Carva-hal
Thibaut Courtois - Tee-bo Cor-twa
Toni Kroos - Crowss

Salzburg (Salts-berg)

Erling Braut Håland - Hor-land
Dominik Szoboszlai - Sob-oss-lie
Cican Stankovic - Seet-san Stank-ov-itch
Albert Vallci - Val-chee


Shakhtar Donetsk

Dodô - Dudu
Taison - Tie-sun
Tetê - Tet-ay

Slavia Prague

Jan Bořil - Yan Bor-jill
Ondřej Kolář - Ond-ray Co-larj
Přemysl Kovář - Premmy-sil Co-varj
Petr Ševčík - Shev-chick
Nicolae Stanciu - Stan-choo
Ladislav Takács - Tock-arch

Tottenham

Toby Alderweireld - Ol-der-vay-reld
Serge Aurier - Oh-ree-ay
Ryan Sessegnon - Sess-en-yon

Valencia (Balen-see-a)

Francis Coquelin - Coker-lan
José Gayà - Guy-ya
Gonçalo Guedes - Gon-sarlo Gair-diss
Daniel Parejo - Pa-ray-ho
Manu Vallejo - Val-ay-ho
Daniel Wass - Vess

Zenit

Sebastian Driussi - Dree-oo-see
Yaroslav Rakits'kyy - Rack-its-key

Cheers, UEFA.
 
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That's all very well but that fucking doofus on BT Sport (the one everyone on there insists on calling Fletch) constantly pronounces Bobby's name as Fir-min-EE-o.
Fucking dickhead.
 
Fuck off.

Scouse fans take great pride in deliberately (& sometimes not so deliberately) butchering their players names, so we certainly aren't gonna start pronounckng other teams players correctly.
 
It's Linde-lÖf not Linde-loaf
Ö is similar to the vowel sound made in the word "herb" - hÖrb.
 
Fuck off.

Scouse fans take great pride in deliberately (& sometimes not so deliberately) butchering their players names, so we certainly aren't gonna start pronounckng other teams players correctly.

I remember a schoolmate (Bitter) used to get incandescent with rage when he heard anyone correctly pronouncing Glenn Hysen as "Hussayn" rather than Hy-Sen.
He seemed to think it was all a load of typical, try-hard Kopite behaviour and hateful in the extreme.

So obviously I used to do it all the time.

He would doubtless be equally furious at anyone who didn't say Dirk KITE aswell.
 
One of the folks who do the phoned in fan reports for the Echo podcast insists on pronouncing Firmino as Firminho, and Fabinho as Fabino ... He must be doing it deliberately as you have to be full on retard to get both wrong in opposite directions
 
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