Jamie Carragher leaves Micah Richards in TEARS with his pronunciation of Inter Milan’s full name

Jamie Carragher had his fellow pundits in stitches during a post-match interview with AC Milan forward Rafael Leao as his hilarious Italian pronunciation failed to make the Portuguese international understand him. 

Eventually, CBS Sports anchor Kate Abdo had to intervene after Carragher’s line of questioning had sent Micah Richards and Thierry Henry into fits of laughter and left Leao none the wiser.  

After the interview wrapped up, the Mail Sport columnist had tears streaming down his cheeks as he poked fun at the ‘broken English’ his colleague had used to make himself understood. 

First congratulating Leao on Milan’s 2-1 aggregate victory over Serie A leaders Napoli in Tuesday night’s Champions league quarter-final, the broadcaster soon found himself tied in knots with his interview subject increasingly unable to work out what he was saying.  

‘Inter Milan are in the other final, would you like that – a big semi-final with your biggest rivals?’ Carragher began, speaking slowly for the benefit of the young star. 

The Portuguese forward tried but failed to understand the pundit’s line of questioning

After Leao failed to understand him a first time, Carragher joked that his co-hosts ‘have the same problem’, and Henry made his apologies for his colleague, saying, ‘he’s a Scouser, sorry, it’s difficult.’

But as Carragher wound up to ask the same question for a second time, it was his exaggerated pseudo-Italian pronunciation of Inter’s name in full – Internazionale – that sent his fellow pundits over the edge. 

Richards and Henry both dissolved into laughter as Carragher made the attempt which left Leao further in the dark than he started. 

Abdo quickly stepped in to ask if ‘Inter is the team you want in the semi-finals?’

Within moments, Leao understood, answering as Richards started to weep in the studio, saying that due to the ‘passion’ felt by both teams, the atmosphere would be ‘crazy in Milan’.   

As she bid the player goodbye, Abdo teased the Liverpool legend, saying that he now understands ‘how all of America feels when Jamie Carragher talks. 

‘They have similar problems understanding his accent’. 

With Leao off the line and likely celebrating with his team-mates, Richards and Henry no longer had to contain their laughter. 

Thierry Henry cheekily apologised for his fellow pundit and blamed his strong Liverpool accent

Richards poked fun at Carragher’s ‘broken English’ as he tried to make himself understood

Cheeks wet with tears, the former Manchester City defender called out Carragher’s ‘broken English’ and asked: ‘If [Leao] doesn’t understand Inter, how’s he going to understand Internazionale?’

After first standing his ground by stating that Internazionale is the Milanese club’s ‘proper name’, Carragher admitted: ‘It was worth a try.’

Richards then mocked how Carragher had put on an accent when speaking English to the 23-year-old, accusing him of communicating in true Brit-abroad style. 

Having spent the entirety of his career playing in the county of his birth, the pundit is ripe for teasing by Richards, who was able to show off his Italian when greeting Leao after a season spent on loan at Serie A outfit Fiorentina in the 2014/15 season. 

In 2018, recent signee Naby Keita shared his struggles with the ‘Scouse’ accent after arriving at the Merseyside club from RB Leipzig. 

At the time, Keita – who had set himself a six-month goal to learn English – said when prompted: ‘I do not know any Scouse. 

‘I have been trying to speak English – I have not been able to learn any Scouse yet.’