{"id":18792,"date":"2019-07-31T13:03:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T04:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=18792"},"modified":"2019-07-31T13:06:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T04:06:10","slug":"footballers-who-you-should-never-pick-a-fight-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2019\/07\/31\/footballers-who-you-should-never-pick-a-fight-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Footballers Who You Should Never Pick a Fight With"},"content":{"rendered":"

The incidents that happened to Sead Kola\u0161inac and Mesut \u00d6zil a few days ago have immediately become viral. After being attacked by a pair of men wearing a helmet and bringing a knife, Kola\u0161inac was able to defend himself like an experienced street fighter.
\nKola\u0161inac bravery and strength have been praised from around the world and will deter criminals from attempting such attacks against professional athletes.
\nSo, this time, we decided to introduce you soccer players who we think it would be unwise to pick a fight with.<\/p>\n

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Felipe Melo<\/strong><\/p>\n

He looks so kind, but he’s terrible when he gets angry. This is true especially after making a mistake or when his team is not playing well; in these situations, Felipe Melo becomes a completely different person.
\nHis 2010 World Cup incident is particularly famous.
\nBrazil was losing to the Netherlands also because of a Felipe Melo Own Goal.
\nMelo, who was so frustrated, knocked down the opponent when no foul was needed and then he stomped on him.
\nThe result was a straight red card.
\nAfter the game, Melo’s was still angry and he commented stating: “If I intended to hurt him, he would not be on the pitch anymore. I can break easily people legs with my power.”<\/p>\n

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Mario Balotelli<\/strong><\/p>\n

He’s famous for picking a fight, even during training sessions.
\nOne of his bad episodes was when Manchester City was defeated by Dynamo Kyiv during Europa League on 2012.
\nBalotelli made an incredibly dangerous kung fu kick straight in the stomach of a Dynamo Kyiv player, and was immediately removed from the match with a red card.
\nHe’s a trouble maker also off the pitch. When he’s bored he’s always causing a lot of trouble, such throwing darts at his teammate from the second floor of a building.<\/p>\n

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Steven Gerrard<\/strong><\/p>\n

He is one of the most beloved legends among Liverpool supporters.
\nHowever, in the past, one incident that Gerard was involved in became a big controversy.
\nOn 2008 he was celebrating the victory against Newcastle in a bar down in the city.
\nOne salaryman on the bar asked him the CD player controller and this pissed the player off.
\nIt seems Gerrard punched the salaryman with the style of a professional fighter.<\/p>\n

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Gennaro Gattuso<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gattuso has become a top player with his aggressive style and guts rather than technical ability.
\nHis way of playing made him a beloved player in the football world, but sometimes it was just a bit too much….
\nHowever, Gattuso’s actions during his career were not focused on hurting other players, but to defend his teammates.
\nAndrea Pirlo described him in his book, stating that “When me and my teammates were joking with Gattuso, he tried to stab me with a fork.”<\/p>\n

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Eric Cantona<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cantona was also known as the trouble maker of Manchester United.
\nThe most famous case where he showed his craziness is in a match against Crystal Palace in 1995 when he assaulted a fan after being sent off.
\nHe has shown this aggressiveness not only in his actions but in his words for fellow professionals as well.
\nOn 1996 he spoke to a media about his ex-teammate for the French national team, Didier Deschamps.
\nHe said: “He is a hard worker, but he is not a star player. You can find a player of his level on every corner.”<\/p>\n

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Mario Mand\u017euki\u0107<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you usually watch him on the pitch, you know how terrifying Mand\u017euki\u0107 can be when he’s pissed off.
\nThe way he looks at his rivals can intimidate anyone, even the bravest of players.
\nWhen he was playing for Dinamo Zagreb on Croatia league he even had regular fights against his coach.<\/p>\n

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Radja Nainggolan<\/strong><\/p>\n

We don’t know how many tattoos he has on his body but Nainggolan really intimidates the player in front of him.
\nHe received a quite tough tackle from Lucas Biglia in the Milan Derby last season. However, he was able to avoid that tackle and it appeared like he stepped on Biglia’s leg on purpose as a response.
\nWe don’t know the truth, but it was probably something he did intentionally.
\nIt is frightening to know he was able to fight back in such a way.<\/p>\n

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Joey Barton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joey Barton is perhaps the most violent player in the football world.
\nHe has repeatedly been violent and has experienced prison life many times.
\nIf someone tries to confront him, they will be dead for sure. We are not talking only about the violence itself but also about the way he thinks.<\/p>\n

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Are there any other players in world football that are as intimidating?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The incidents that happened to Sead Kola\u0161inac and Mesut \u00d6zil a few days ago have immediately become viral. After being attacked by a pair of men wearing a helmet and bringing a knife, Kola\u0161inac was able to defend himself like an experienced street fighter. Kola\u0161inac bravery and strength have been praised from around the world and will deter criminals from attempting such attacks against professional athletes. So, this time, we decided to introduce you soccer players who we think it would be unwise to pick a fight with. Felipe Melo He looks so kind, but he’s terrible when he gets angry. This is true especially after making a mistake or … Continue reading “Footballers Who You Should Never Pick a Fight With”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":18800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1639,1640],"tags":[1661,1665,1662,1660,1664,100,596,95,1663],"class_list":["post-18792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-european-leagues","tag-eric-cantona","tag-felipe-melo","tag-gennaro-gattuso","tag-joey-barton","tag-mario-balotelli","tag-mario-mandzukic","tag-radja-nainggolan","tag-slider","tag-steven-gerrard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18792"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18804,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18792\/revisions\/18804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}