Sansar 3 - 1 Nadaam (364985661)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Empirica Arena saw a crowd turnout of 17100. Jean-Pierre Rebillard was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dobromil Loskot and Raynald Garot. The derby had been the talk of Ulaanbaatar all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Sansar. Starters: Giacintucci - Bora, Temuder, Dochin, Gombo - Bumbyn, Kuzhuk, Gutchluk, Saboya - Doberg, Shria.

Nadaam tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Surtak - Qasar, Janssen, Maidar - Dampildorg, Lavigne, Baccarne, Henriksson, Qori - Suhe, Chinua.

Sansar preferred to finish off their attacks from a distance. Nadaam mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. They were singing the praises of M. Bora 14 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Sansar. Nadaam's J. Surtak refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 17 minutes. 39 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 1 - 1 as G. Qasar struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. The guests almost went up by a goal after 40 minutes when J. Henriksson came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. Sansar focused on finding shooting opportunities from distance and after 41 minutes J. Temuder fired off the big cannon, but the shot went sailing over the cross bar and into the car park. Nadaam's C. Dampildorg left the field after 43 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was H. Borte. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Nadaam, with 56 percent of the ball.

56 minutes into the game, Sansar wanted to bring some new energy to their game. M. Bora gave A. Lamfré a quick hug as he left the field. G. Shria gave Sansar the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 2 - 1 A great save by keeper J. Surtak after 67 minutes kept the visitors in the game after T. Dochin struck from the left with a real cannonball. 79 minutes into the game, Sansar were awarded a penalty that C. Gombo turned into 3 - 1 without a problem. Nadaam were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. The visitors got a chance to pulling one back after 80 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving T. Janssen completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side's keeper. Nadaam had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

G. Shria performed admirably for Sansar. A. Lamfré was a disappointment, however. Most important Nadaam player was N. Baccarne. T. Janssen turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.