Here's how you really pronounce Champions League players' names šŸ—£ļø | OneFootball

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Dan BurkeĀ·17 September 2019

Here's how you really pronounce Champions League players' names šŸ—£ļø

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It turns out you’ve been pronouncing JoĆ£o FĆ©lix’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.


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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 …


AJAX (Eye-axe)

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Donny van de Beek – Vonder-Bake


ATALANTA

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Martin de Roon – der-Own


ATLƉTICO MADRID (At-LAY-tee-co)

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Koke – Cokka JoĆ£o FĆ©lix – Joo-wow Fay-lish


BARCELONA (Bar-sell-owe-nah)

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Moussa WaguĆ© – Wa-gay


BAYER LEVERKUSEN (By-er)

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Ramazan Ɩzcan – Erz-jan


BAYERN MÜNCHEN (By-ern Moon-shun)

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JĆ©rome Boateng – Jeh-rom Bwa-teng


BENFICA (Ben-fee-ka)

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Andrija Živković – An-dree-a Jiv-kov-itch


BORUSSIA DORTMUND (Bo-rooss-ear)

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Łukasz Piszczek – Woo-cah Peesh-check


CHELSEA

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Christian PuliŔi㠖 Police-sick


CLUB BRUGGE (Cloob Brooger)

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Thibault Vlietinck – Tee-bo Flee-tink


CRVENA ZVEZDA (Tser-vay-nah zvez-der)

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Richmond Boakye – Bo-atch-yay


DINAMO ZAGREB (Dee-na-mo)

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Damian Kądzior – Kon-jaw


GALATASARAY

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Okan Kocuk – Co-chook


GENK

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Patrik HroÅ”ovský – Raw-shovski


INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (Inter-nats-eon-ar-lay)

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Stefan de Vrij – Duv-rye


JUVENTUS (Yoo-ven-tus)

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Wojciech Szczęsny – Voy-check Sh-chens-nay


LIVERPOOL

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Xherdan Shaqiri – Jer-dan Shat-cheery


LOKOMOTIV MOSKVA (Lokomo-teev)

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Vedran Ćorluka – Chor-loo-ka


LOSC LILLE (Losc leel)

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Luiz AraĆŗjo – Ar-ow-joh


LYON (Lee-on)

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Houssem Aouar – Ow-ar (to rhyme with ā€˜how are’)


MANCHESTER CITY

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Kevin De Bruyne – De Brurner


NAPOLI

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Elseid Hysaj – Hoo-sigh


OLYMPIACOS (Olimpy-ar-koss)

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Daniel Podence – Po-dense


PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (Pah-ree San-Jer-man)

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Layvin Kurzawa – Lay-van Kur-java


RB LEIPZIG (Lie-pzig)

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Emil Forsberg – Fors-berry


REAL MADRID (Ray-al Ma-dreed)

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Toni Kroos – Crowss


SALZBURG (Salts-berg)

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Erling Braut HĆ„land – Hor-land


SHAKHTAR DONETSK

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DodĆ“ – Dudu


SLAVIA PRAHA

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Ladislav TakĆ”cs – Tock-arch


TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

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Toby Alderweireld – Ol-der-vay-reld


VALENCIA (Balen-see-a)

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GonƧalo Guedes – Gon-sarlo Gair-diss


ZENIT

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Yaroslav Rakits’kyy – Rack-its-key