How to pronounce the players’ names correctly

How to pronounce the players’ names correctly

With the UEFA Champions League round of 16 fast approaching, UEFA.com explains how to say those tricky names correctly.ARSENALLondon is around 150km from Calais, but the linguistic distances between English and French are huge when it comes to pronunciations, a situation which has led to generations of French Arsenal players having their names mangled on the terraces.Héctor Bellerín – Hector Bay-air-eenPetr Čech – Pet-r ChekhFrancis Coquelin – Francis Cock-er-lanMathieu Debuchy – Mat-yur De-boo-sheOlivier Giroud – Olivier Gee-rooLaurent Koscielny – Lo-ron Ko-sea-el-niMesut Özil – Mesut Er-zi... UEFA.com - News