Wild video shows crazy football riot at Australia Cup game

A shocking video has captured the moment Australian football fans clashed in a disgraceful scene. WARNING: Offensive content

Fans at the Australia Cup game rioting. Photo: Twitter, @Gatty54.

A shocking video has captured the moment football fans clashed during Sydney FC’s win over Central Coast on Sunday.

The ugly incident has overshadowed Sydney FC’s thrilling penalty shootout win over the Mariners at Leichhardt Stadium in their Australia Cup round of 32 game.

Video shows fans outside the stadium nearly came to blows as flares, traffic barriers and rocks were thrown.

Veteran football journalist Ray Gatt shared the video on Twitter and said the fans were not supporting the Mariners.

Fans at the Australia Cup game rioting. Photo: Twitter, @Gatty54.

Fans at the Australia Cup game rioting. Photo: Twitter, @Gatty54.

A former reporter for The Australian, Gatt described those involved as “idiots” and “morons”.

NRL journalist Brad Walter posted on Twitter that those involved should not call themselves fans.

You can watch the video in the tweet below. WARNING: OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE

Drama at the end of the Australia Cup game at Leichhardt. Bloody idiots. pic.twitter.com/bYUZAtcCQB

— Ray Gatt (@Gatty54) July 31, 2022

Sydney FC won the contest in an epic 3-1 penalty shoot out after the teams were locked at 3-3 at the end of extra time.

It was Socceroos hero Andy Redmayne that stepped up to win the game for Sydney FC during the shootout, stopping three shots, with two of them missing the mark.

The Mariners had forced the game into extra time with a 95th minute equaliser.

Yaren Sozer of the Mariners looks dejected during the shootout. Photo by Jason McCawley/Getty Images.

Sydney FC fans at Leichhardt Oval. Photo by Jason McCawley/Getty Images.

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