Warren Barton was hit by a beer during his World Cup 2026 commentary duties in Colombia’s 3-1 win over Uzbekistan while “dripping with blood.”
Barton was at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City to team up with Jacqui Oatley during the Fox broadcast.
Luis Diaz had inspired Los Cafeteros to victory, assisting the opener and scoring a second either side of Abbosbek Fayzullaev’s historic first goal for Uzbekistan at a World Cup.
And Jaminton Campaz sent the Azteca wild in stoppage time with a third goal for Colombia to lift them top of Group K and ahead of Portugal, who were held by DR Congo earlier on Wednesday.
The wild atmosphere saw both commentators drenched with beer in the first half after Daniel Munoz broke the deadlock.
And Barton appeared to be hit by a projectile in the closing stages of the contest, but persevered with the commentary to the end, which saw a frantic finale, including Campaz’s stoppage time strike.
Oatley concluded the broadcast by stating: “Nobody in Mexico City is going to get much sleep tonight.”
Earlier in the game, a cameraman appeared to hurt his ankle after colliding with Luis Diaz, who was fouled on the touchline by Man City defender Abdukodir Khusanov, with Oatley noting later in the game that he had “disappeared”.
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