Marc Cucurella ambushed by one of his wind-up victims on live TV | OneFootball

Marc Cucurella is one of the biggest “wind up merchants” around, and he was up to his old tricks last weekend when he was provoking West Ham players by the corner flag.

Adama Traore threw him to the ground, sparking a brawl which saw Jean-Clair Todibo sent off. Cucurella went on Catalan TV last night to explain what had happened during the incident:

“It was late in the game. We were barging into one another and I felt myself very close to [Traore], and I thought, well, I’m going to stick my head in here to see if I can stir things up a bit,” the defender admitted in quotes picked up by the Evening Standard.

“He grabbed me, threw me where he could, and a big brawl broke out.”

“These are things that happen. I have no problem. Although if I ran into him on the street, I’d hesitate to say hello after this,” Cucurella joked in conclusion.

Traore calls in to give his side of the story

Chelsea players brawl with West Ham players. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Hilariously, they then got Adama Traore to call in to the show for his response.

“He’s a really good guy,” the winger said.

“It’s nothing personal and there will never be. It all stays on the pitch, it was just the heat of the moment.”

We wonder if all of Cucurella’s victims would say the same?

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