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The Swarm at Azteca
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A swarm of bees invaded Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on Saturday, briefly halting Mexico’s World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador only two minutes into the match. The match is a critical game for Mexico as it attempts to grab one of three automatic berths from the Concacaf region to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. But with the game just getting underway, the El Salvador goalkeeper Miguel Montes motioned to the referee, Carlos Batres of Guatemala. Batres walked toward the goal as the television cameras cut to the goalpost, which was covered in a swarm of bees. Batres stopped the game and called for stadium personnel, who appeared to use fire ...
Mexico Game stopped because of bees
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Mexico had to put there World Cup qualifier game on hold tonight as they took on El Salvador because of a swarm of bees inside the goal.
The match was stopped for more than six minutes while officials sprayed the area using fire extinguishers to try to get them to go away near and around the goalposts.
See the madness below this is some angry swarm of bees poor fans in the background get a right snowing so does the cameras
Eventually, after a roughly 10-minute delay, the game resumed. Within 15 minutes, midfielder Blanco, who shook off a hamstring put Mexico in the lead
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