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Dan Burke·17 September 2019
Here's how you really pronounce Champions League players' names 🗣️

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Dan Burke·17 September 2019
It turns out you’ve been pronouncing João Félix’s name wrong this whole time, you fool!
But don’t worry, because we have too, and thankfully the good people at Uefa are here to help.
The Champions League returns to our lives on Tuesday night and ahead of the big kick-off, European football’s governing body have released a handy pronunciation guide to help you master some of the competition’s toughest tongue-twisters.
Here are some of the most interesting ones …
Donny van de Beek – Vonder-Bake
Martin de Roon – der-Own
Koke – Cokka João Félix – Joo-wow Fay-lish
Moussa Wagué – Wa-gay
Ramazan Özcan – Erz-jan
Jérome Boateng – Jeh-rom Bwa-teng
Andrija Živković – An-dree-a Jiv-kov-itch
Łukasz Piszczek – Woo-cah Peesh-check
Christian Pulišić – Police-sick
Thibault Vlietinck – Tee-bo Flee-tink
Richmond Boakye – Bo-atch-yay
Damian Kądzior – Kon-jaw
Okan Kocuk – Co-chook
Patrik Hrošovský – Raw-shovski
Stefan de Vrij – Duv-rye
Wojciech Szczęsny – Voy-check Sh-chens-nay
Xherdan Shaqiri – Jer-dan Shat-cheery
Vedran Ćorluka – Chor-loo-ka
Luiz Araújo – Ar-ow-joh
Houssem Aouar – Ow-ar (to rhyme with ‘how are’)
Kevin De Bruyne – De Brurner
Elseid Hysaj – Hoo-sigh
Daniel Podence – Po-dense
Layvin Kurzawa – Lay-van Kur-java
Emil Forsberg – Fors-berry
Toni Kroos – Crowss
Erling Braut Håland – Hor-land
Dodô – Dudu
Ladislav Takács – Tock-arch
Toby Alderweireld – Ol-der-vay-reld
Gonçalo Guedes – Gon-sarlo Gair-diss
Yaroslav Rakits’kyy – Rack-its-key