A-League fans have admonished the SGC turf after Melbourne Victory’s Terry Antonis suffered what appears to be a serious knee injury on Saturday night.

The Victory travelled north to take on Sydney FC, but the under-seige SGC field came under the microscope from fans almost immediately after the game started.

Parts of the surface appeared to be different heights, while the cricket pitch in the centre of the playing field also came under fire.

Terry Antonis. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) More

Nobody appeared to be anywhere near Antonis when the injury occurred in the 76th minute.

Terry Antonis goes down with what looks like a knee injury. Best wishes with Terry, we're all hoping it's not a serious injury. #BigBlue #SYDvMVC pic.twitter.com/nzKvIvo8L3 — 10 Sport (@10SportAU) April 6, 2019





Football fans took to Twitter to blast the A-League for allowing the game to go ahead on what they considered to be a sub-standard pitch.

If Terry Antonis has done his ACL on the cricket pitch at the SCG it’s a complete and utter disgrace. Melbourne Victory will be absolutely fuming. #SYDvMVC — GRYAN (@RudiEdsall) April 6, 2019





What kind of amateurish organisation allows this kind of treatment. Wouldn’t see this anywhere else in the world. A cricket pitch in the centre of a football pitch. Disgusting. Stop treating players and fans like second class citizens @FFA and pull your finger out. #SYDvMVC — Daniel Passante (@danpassante21) April 6, 2019





Commentators were openly talking about how Melb. players could not believe how bad the pitch was pre-game. Player safety is not taken seriously enough. #SYDvMVC — Michael Pearson (@mprpearson) April 6, 2019





Hey @SydneyFC this pitch is embarrassing. My son's u10 team plays on better looking pitches than this! #SYDvMVC — Gary Kotsopoulos (@GaryKotsopoulos) April 6, 2019





Wtf Grass at different heights to go with the shocking view from the stands#SYDvMVC #BigBlue #ALeague pic.twitter.com/mAQUqDgToF — Mark Silva (@mark_putta) April 6, 2019





I was halfway through a tweet about my dislike for football matches being played on cricket grounds when Antonis slipped over on the pitch with a suspected ACL. Horror outcome if confirmed. #SYDvMVC #BigBlue — Dan Ranson (@danranson_) April 6, 2019





I think Antonis tripped on a set of Tony Greig's keys in that crack in the pitch.

In all seriousness though, this surface is a disgrace!

#sydvmvc — Wotyagunnado (@DustynGooch) April 6, 2019





At some point the A-League is going to have to start prioritising player safety over fitting an extra 5,000 into a stadium. The atmosphere suffers, the stadium and television viewing suffers, but most of all, the players suffer #BigBlue #SYDvMVC #ALeague — Lucas Radbourne (@lucasradbourne) April 6, 2019





Double blow for Victory

A late Sydney FC winner from Milos Ninkovic compounded an already dirty night for the Melbourne Victory.

Ninkovic pounced in the 93rd minute, breaking the hearts of Victory fans.

Ninkovic takes advantage of a delection to bobble Sydney into the lead! #SYDvMVC #BigBlue pic.twitter.com/kCvLQO5Cki — 10 Sport (@10SportAU) April 6, 2019



