The US tied Mexico 0-0 at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City last night. It was only the second time the US team won a point in the notoriously hostile Azteca, and Mexico was rightfully upset about it.
Some brave (crazy?) American fans trekked to Mexico City to watch the game. They sat in a section guarded by riot police, but that didn't stop Mexican fans from lobbing beer bottles, coins, and other debris into the section.
This video (via Big Lead) shows what it was like in the section right after the final whistle blew.
An American at the game also posted this photo on Instagram, which he says is a US fan after he got hit in the forehead with a bottle:
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Aaron Gordon of The Classical was in the crowd, and he reported on Twitter that Americans were getting hit with all sorts of things:
Incomplete list of items thrown at US fans last night: full coke cans, full/half-full/empty beer bottles, coins, belts, lighters & balloons
— Aaron Gordon (@A_W_Gordon) March 27, 2013
I'm going to presume the Mexican fan who charged headfirst into riot police right in front of me just wanted to shake my hand.
— Aaron Gordon (@A_W_Gordon) March 27, 2013
He also got a better shot of that guy who get bloodied.
This man's head got bloodied by the Mexican crowd twitter.com/A_W_Gordon/sta…
— Aaron Gordon (@A_W_Gordon) March 27, 2013
The lesson here is never go to a USA-Mexico game in the Azteca.