Ulaan 0 - 0 Bayangol (364985659)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 12000 had shown up at F.C. Arena for the match. Vladimír Miklas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Brian Jubenot and Shay Goren. The derby had been the talk of Ulaanbaatar all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. Ulaan had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Lineup: Hulagu - Genghis-Khan, Khidyr, Lurka, Altan, Yeke - Koke, Dampildorg, Baatar, Kabul - Kouang.

Bayangol decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players took the field: Alvarado - Decrans, Tveit - Cearense, Rovini, Vial, Ofner, Medvegy - Subiras, Tylaga, Kipchak.

Bayangol clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. With 2 minutes played D. Lurka almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. 18 minutes into the game, P. Cearense almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Bayangol claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.

64 minutes into the game, S. Subiras was a hair's breadth away from giving Bayangol the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by E. Hulagu saved the home team that time. C. Kipchak came close to putting the visiting team one up 80 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but E. Hulagu managed to tip the ball to a corner. Bayangol had most of the ball, with 71 percent of possession.

Ulaan's top performer was clearly D. Lurka. E. Hulagu turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Bayangol player was O. Vial. However, T. Alvarado made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 0.