MICAH RICHARDS translated Romelu Lukaku’s post-match interview from Italian into English live on TV as the pundit revealed a hidden talent.
Lukaku, 29, hasn’t had the best of times at the San Siro since returning on loan following a disastrous second spell at Chelsea.
The striker has just four goals across all competitions this season but netted in the 86th minute against 10-man Porto as Inter Milan won the first-leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie 1-0.
After the game, Lukaku gave a post-match interview to speak about his winning moment and CBS footie presenter, Kate Abdo, put pundit Richards on the spot by asking him to live translate it – despite it being in Italian.
Richards is familiar with the Italian language from his time at Fiorentina between 2014-15.
And although not perfect, Richards got the general gist of Lukaku’s interview: Inter played great and got an important win.
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Mid-translation, fellow pundit Thierry Henry – who played for Juventus in 1999 – came across and tried to look at Richards’ notes.
Richards’ attempt at translating left Henry, Jamie Carragher and Abdo in stitches, with the latter saying the ex-defender should get a primetime slot on CBS’ Serie A show.
As Abdo ended the show, Richards signed off saying: “A dopo, ciao (see you).”
On the hilarious moment, one fan said on Twitter: “Why can’t UK punditry be like this?”
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Another tweeted: “LMAOOOOOOOO I’m in tears.”
A third added: “He translated half of the words in Lukaku’s speech, but he understood the substance of it.
“Not bad, considering the noise and confusion around him.”
Richards’ attempt was unable to top Abdo’s multilingual brilliance.
The CBS host translated French, Spanish and German back-to-back last November following Champions League fixtures.
Abdo translated while listening to PSG’s Kylian Mbappe, Federico Valverde of Real Madrid and RB Leipzig boss Marco Rose.
On the same show which saw Richards showcase his Italian, Henry almost walked out of the CBS studio after being asked whether he would have played for Tottenham.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
