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Dan BurkeĀ·17 September 2019
Here's how you really pronounce Champions League players' names š£ļø

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Dan BurkeĀ·17 September 2019
It turns out youāve been pronouncing JoĆ£o FĆ©lixās name wrong this whole time, you fool!
But donāt 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 footballās governing body have released a handy pronunciation guide to help you master some of the competitionās toughest tongue-twisters.
Here are some of the most interesting ones ā¦
Donny van de Beek ā Vonder-Bake
Martin de Roon ā der-Own
Koke ā Cokka JoĆ£o FĆ©lix ā Joo-wow Fay-lish
Moussa WaguĆ© ā Wa-gay
Ramazan Ćzcan ā Erz-jan
JĆ©rome Boateng ā Jeh-rom Bwa-teng
Andrija ŽivkoviÄ ā An-dree-a Jiv-kov-itch
Åukasz Piszczek ā Woo-cah Peesh-check
Christian PuliÅ”iÄ ā Police-sick
Thibault Vlietinck ā Tee-bo Flee-tink
Richmond Boakye ā Bo-atch-yay
Damian KÄ dzior ā Kon-jaw
Okan Kocuk ā Co-chook
Patrik HroÅ”ovský ā Raw-shovski
Stefan de Vrij ā Duv-rye
Wojciech SzczÄsny ā Voy-check Sh-chens-nay
Xherdan Shaqiri ā Jer-dan Shat-cheery
Vedran Äorluka ā Chor-loo-ka
Luiz AraĆŗjo ā Ar-ow-joh
Houssem Aouar ā Ow-ar (to rhyme with āhow areā)
Kevin De Bruyne ā De Brurner
Elseid Hysaj ā Hoo-sigh
Daniel Podence ā Po-dense
Layvin Kurzawa ā Lay-van Kur-java
Emil Forsberg ā Fors-berry
Toni Kroos ā Crowss
Erling Braut HĆ„land ā Hor-land
DodĆ“ ā Dudu
Ladislav TakĆ”cs ā Tock-arch
Toby Alderweireld ā Ol-der-vay-reld
GonƧalo Guedes ā Gon-sarlo Gair-diss
Yaroslav Rakitsākyy ā Rack-its-key