Tolami Benson went to Mexico City to watch her fiancé Bukayo Saka in a World Cup knockout tie.
She left the Azteca soaked in something nobody wanted to identify too closely.
The influencer was sat in the friends and family section during England’s 3-2 win over Mexico on 6 July when cups and drinks started raining down from nearby stands.
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As the game swung and the home crowd boiled over, England’s loved ones pulled on ponchos and braced.
Benson later posted footage appearing to show liquids flying through the crowd mid-celebration, as reported by CreatorZine.
England fans watching the clip reached a grim consensus fairly quickly.
“They wish that was just beer,” said one.
Another put it more bluntly: “Yeah that isn’t beer, it’s a whole lot of p*ss.”
Others chimed in with “Probably not beer gents,” “Damn, this is wild,” and, speaking for the group, “I’ve never been more disgusted.”
The brothers who drove 4,500 miles for this
Paul and Kevin Franklin can confirm the WAGs weren’t singled out.
The brothers spent £20,000 on a World Cup road trip across 25 states before heading to Mexico for the round-of-16 clash, and copped the full treatment in the stands.
“The beer and p*ss – we were covered in it,” Paul said.
“They weren’t afraid of letting us know they had scored or weren’t happy we had scored.”
He wasn’t complaining, exactly.
“The Mexican fans, wow, what a noise. They hit 150 decibels at times. It was ear splitting, constant and passionate.”
And the football itself earned a rave.
“The match had it all, one of the best I’ve witnessed. The England players were incredible.
It was spine tingling, nerve wracking, emotional and a whole lot of fun.”
England fans, damp but victorious, celebrated long into the night.
Why It Matters
Benson’s poncho moment shows how the WAG role has changed.
She isn’t just in the stands supporting Saka; she’s a creator with her own audience, and one phone clip from her seat travelled further than most of the official broadcast coverage.
Every big tournament moment now has a second layer of content coming from inside the stadium, filmed by people the cameras used to only cut to.
The World Cup is proving to be as much a creator event as a sporting one, with fan footage and behind-the-scenes access driving the conversation between matches.
Next up: the quarter-final against Norway at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on 11 July, with thousands of England fans expected to make the trip.
Whether the friends and family section packs ponchos again remains to be seen.
