Champions League quarter-finals: how to pronounce the players' names correctly
Monday, March 22, 2021
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UEFA.com gives a phonetic guide to the UEFA Champions League quarter-final contenders.
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UEFA.com's ongoing mission to ensure that the world's football fans get the players' names right keeps rolling into the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals; read and learn!
BAYERN MÜNCHEN (Buy-ern Moon-shun)
Manuel Neuer – Noy-uh
Niklas Süle – Soo-ler
Jérôme Boateng – Jeh-rom Bwa-teng
Robert Lewandowski – Levan-dovski
CHELSEA
César Azpilicueta – Az-pilly-kwetta
N’Golo Kanté – Con-tay
Christian Pulišić – Police-sick
Antonio Rüdiger – Roo-digger
Thiago Silva – Chee-ah-go
Hakim Ziyech – Zee-yesh
DORTMUND
Roman Bürki – Berk-ee
Emre Can – Em-ray Jan
Raphaël Guerreiro – Guh-ray-ro
Erling Haaland – Hor-land
Łukasz Piszczek – Woo-cash Pish-check
Marco Reus – Royce
LIVERPOOL
Caoimhin Kelleher – Kwee-veen
Xherdan Shaqiri – Jer-dan Shat-cheery
Georginio Wijnaldum – Why-naldum
MANCHESTER CITY
Nathan Aké – A-kay
Kevin De Bruyne – De Brurner
Gabriel Jesus – Jay-zooss
Ilkay Gundoğan – Eel-kye Gun-doe-wan
João Cancelo – Joo-wow Can-say-lo
Aymeric Laporte – Emerick
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (Pah-ree San-Jer-man)
Idrissa Gueye – Gway
Thilo Kehrer – Tee-lo Carer
Presnel Kimpembe – Kim-pem-bay
Layvin Kurzawa – Lay-van Kur-java
PORTO
Diogo Leite – Light
Jesús Corona – Hay-zooss
João Mário – Joo-wow
Agustín Marchesín – Agoo-steen March-ess-een
Pepe – Pep
Matheus Uribe – Oo-ree-bay
REAL MADRID (Ray-al Ma-dreed)
Dani Carvajal – Carva-hal
Thibaut Courtois – Tee-bo Cor-twa
Éder Militão – Milly-tau
Eden Hazard – Ay-den
Toni Kroos – Crowss
Luka Modrić – Mod-rich