I don't see for the life of me how the commentators think the penalty award in s questionable. The angle from behind shows Gündogan's standing leg was kicked clear as day. Stone waller.
Drury and Beglin/Townsend?
Motson’s pairings with both Brooking and Lawrenson are the worst of all time for me. Motson was clueless and shrill, Brooking was the most boring man on Earth and Lawro was miserable.
It’s an Anglosphere issue to an extent but also prevalent in most large countries that already speak one of the major languages. Competence in foreign languages is historically pretty low in France, China, Russia and many parts of Latin America...
I believe the Anglicised pronunciation comes from the myth(?) that his parents were big Lionel Ritchie fans. Even if it were true, Cristiano’s parents named him after Ronald Regan and nobody calls him “Ronald-O”.
Not getting the middle vowel sound is understandable because it’s a pretty unfamiliar sound. Annoys me when people say “De Broyn” and just ignore the final E though. Reminds me of a bloke I knew who insisted on pronouncing Schalke to rhyme with...
Once you realise that the final D in Norwegian and Danish is silent it all makes more sense. Aa/å is also pronounced like “aw”.
The Danes are like the Portuguese with their mumbled words ignoring half the consonant. Schmeichel is “Smy-gl” and...