World football’s toughest names: How to say Jakub Błaszczykowski, Wojciech Szczęsny and other tongue twisters

HILARIOUS VIDEO: WATCH a football novice try to say these mind-melting names and let the Herald Sun’s answer to Les Murray tell you how to do it right.

LES Murray was always the gold standard for his perfect pronunciation of football’s most daunting tongue-twisting names.

Sokratis Papastathopoulos. Jakub Błaszczykowski. Wojciech Szczęsny, Jacynta Galabadaarachchi. The list goes on.

They’d roll off the tongue on The World Game with perfect delivery.

But what he made look easy is anything but.

It’s not Eye-ven, it’s Eee-varn. City star Ivan Franjic’s name looks simple, but can cause problems if you don’t get it right. Picture: AAP

That’s right, Eeee-varn Maric. Picture: Getty Images

Herald Sun reporter Mick Randall had a stab at some of the toughest names from competitions in Australia and all over the world...

He didn’t fare well.

Luckily, he had the dulcet tones of Herald Sun Football expert David Davutovic to help him through.

Watch the hilarious video above and see how many you can get right.

We’re going to hear plenty of the name Jacynta Galabadaarachchi, Melbourne City’s teen prodigy. The commentators better get it right. Picture: Nicole Garmston

How do you pronounce Sokratis Papastathopoulos?

Originally published as World football’s toughest names: How to say Jakub Błaszczykowski, Wojciech Szczęsny and other tongue twisters