Minus the decisions made by the match officials which left the vast majority disgruntled, Saturday afternoon at FNB Stadium was yet another reminder of the beauty of this game on the stands.
A crowd estimated to be closer to the stadium capacity of 94 700 and by far the biggest ever for a Kaizer Chiefs vs Mamelodi Sundowns fixture was at the giant facility.
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Never in the history of a match between these two clubs at FNB has there ever been a sold-out sign displayed.
Yet on Saturday morning, it happened, with general admission tickets no longer available.
All 85 000 tickets made available were sold out, with many of those arriving at the stadium wearing the Gold and Black colours of Chiefs.
This was the third consecutive sold out tie involving the Soweto giants.
Though outnumbered, the Sundowns fans were in full voice on the stand opposite the tunnel.
Credit to Chiefs for introducing an enclosed family zone, which provided for a friendly environment for parents to bring their young ones.
There was a huge presence of police plus other security agents, making FNB count as a safe space.
Though repeated calls had been made for fans to arrive early, the usual late arrival of fans and traffic congestion issues outside the stadium led to the match being moved to 15:30.
At 15h00 – which was the original kick-off time – there was still a huge crowd outside, with the upper tier of the stands only filling up towards half-time.
With Ranga Chivaviro opening the scoring after nine minutes, sizeable numbers still didn't catch a view of that goal as they were not on their seats yet.
Traffic getting in was relatively smooth for those who arrived at least an hour before kick-off, with traffic issues only happening when getting out via the roads on the stadium precinct linking up with Nasrec Road up to Rand Show and feeding into the N1 and N12.
The stadium experience at FNB Stadium was largely good, with the hosts ticking plenty of the important boxes, which will encourage fans to attend games.
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Football is a beauty with fans on the stands instead of empty seats like what has become the norm in the domestic game.
Chiefs only have one more league game (November 9 against Royal AM) to play at FNB until February next year, with the other home fixtures being spread out to Polokwane and Durban.