The Champions League Anthem Lyrics Translated To English Are Very Funny

If, for some reason, you've decided to put yourself through the test of watching the coronation of King Charles on Saturday afternoon, you could be in for a surprise - the Champions League anthem is set to make an appearance.

Well, sort of.

The famous song was written by British composer Tony Britten back in 1992. He was commissioned to write lyrics to the orchestral piece 'Zadok the Priest' by Handel - which was first composed to mark the coronation of King George II in 1727. In fairness, it is an absolute banger, and it's a pretty perfect piece to have taken inspiration from for such an iconic theme tune.

With the pomp and ceremony in Westminster Abbey, plenty of Irish viewers will understandably be completely disinterested, but we can expect a performance of 'Zadok the Priest' at some stage - in all honesty, we may even flick on the closing stages of the coronation to catch that and that alone.

The recording of Tony Britten's Champions League anthem is performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and sung by the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields Chorus.

It's a song that will bring joy to almost any football fan around the globe.

The orchestral suspense as the players line up before doing battle on the most prestigious stage in club football, but what are the actual Champions League anthem lyrics?

There's a famous clip of Cristiano Ronaldo singing along to the tune of the anthem back in 2017, but does anyone else really know the Champions League anthem lyrics?

If you translate all of Britten's lyrics to English, they are pretty bananas.

They are the best teams
They are the best teams
The main event

The master
The best
The great teams
The champions

A big meeting
A great sporting event
The main event

The master
The best
The great teams
The champions

They are the best
They are the best
These are the champions

The master
The best
The champions

The actual Champions League anthem lyrics

The song itself actually is a mix of the three official languages of UEFA, German, English and French. So to do the song justice, we have to publish the lyrics as they are:

Ce sont les meilleures équipes
Es sind die allerbesten Mannschaften
The main event

Die Meister
Die Besten
Les grandes équipes
The champions

Une grande réunion
Eine grosse sportliche Veranstaltung
The main event

Die Meister
Die Besten
Les grandes équipes
The champions

Ils sont les meilleurs
Sie sind die Besten
These are the champions

Die Meister
Die Besten
Les grandes équipes
The champions "

It's easy to see what a talent Tony Britten is to be able to execute and write a song of such importance while using three different languages.

You can listen to the full Champions League anthem below and feel free to sing along using the lyrics above.

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