5 players who always like to wind up the opposition
Wind-up merchants add quite a unique appeal to the modern game. Whether it's through snide foul play, sneaky tactics or sheer showboating, these type of players thrive off a rare ability to rile up their opponents and get under people’s skin.A fascinating attribute, these vexatious players inject a heavy dose of mischief into nearly every match-day they engage in and add an extra dollop of excitement and drama along the way. Sure, they're not the most widely loved, but things would be a lot more boring without them around, you can b sure.History has always thrown classic examples at us such as Paul Gascoigne, Dennis Wise and plenty of others. But what about today? Who are the best at antagonizing their opponents in the present day's beautiful game? Let’s take a look.
#5 Neymar Jr.
Playful prankster or sly showboater? Neymar Jr. has been the subject of much discussion in recent times about whether his tricky tactics and sublime skills should be seen as a work of art or conflict.
Even Ajax legend Mario Melchiot asked the question in a tweet recently.
In the past, the Brazil international has annoyed plenty with his displays of grandstanding in high-tensions matches. Of course, no matter how much heat he always gets for looking to apparently goad his opponents, the 24-year-old continues to vow that he will never change.
On numerous occasions the Barca attacker has gone out of his way to get a reaction from his markers and fellow duellists but that has always been his style and it seems as if the former Santos man gets energy from their annoyed reaction each and every time; it drives him on to be the best he can possibly be.
Who could forget the many teasing snapshots of genius that infuriated both Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and other players during 2015?