Fans all say the same thing as Canada star Atiba Hutchinson returns to pitch ‘with tampon up his nose’ in World Cup
ATIBA HUTCHINSON sent social media wild by playing at the World Cup “with a tampon up his nose”.
The Canadian midfielder is playing at his first finals at the age of 39.
Hutchinson took a hefty whack against Croatia in his side’s second group match, but he was never going to let it end his match.
To the astonishment of fans far and wide, the Besiktas ace appeared to return to the field “with a tampon up his nose”.
Commenting on the bizarre sight, one Twitter user wrote: “Great use for a tampon! Defo works.”
While a second tweeted: “Good time to explain to my 10 year old son what a tampon is.”
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And a third joked: “£10 to whoever had ‘player sticks tampon up their nose’ in the 2022 World Cup bingo card.”
Another added: “Atiba Hutchinson: the best player to ever play at a World Cup with a tampon up his nose.”
While a fifth quipped: “Atiba Hutchinson with a tampon in his nose might be the best moment of this World Cup so far.”
Hutchinson and Co got off to a dream start on the night, Alphonso Davies firing them into the lead after just two minutes.
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John Herdman’s men led for more than half an hour, before being dragged back down to earth.
Former Leicester striker Andrej Kramaric equalised for the 2018 finalists on 36 minutes with his first of the encounter.
Marko Livaja then gave his side the lead on the stroke of half-time, with Kramaric going on to bag his second 20 minutes from time.
Croatia rounded out the match with a goal from Lovro Majer to run out 4-1 winners.