Federation Cup Live Updates: Viva Kerala 0-0 East Bengal (FT)

Football Kerala brings you live updates from Viva Kerala v/s East Bengal Federation Cup match from Satindra Mohan Dev Memorial Stadium, Silchar

**Team list** Viva Kerala 1-Sharath K, 22-Surjith V.V,6-Bello Razaq, 5-Amarwant Singh,16-Marsook,7-Sirajudeen, 3-Raman Patrick Sisubalan,11-M.P.Sakeer,15-Karma T,Reuben Senyo,20-Shibinlal K

Substitutes: 30-Sarath EC, 2-Naushad K,28-Malik,29-Nishad K.P,18-Rahul P,14-Sajesh P,21-Aneesh K.P,27-Shahinlal,12-Jain P.Raj

East Bengal 1-Abhra Mondal,29-Soumik Dey,4-Uga Okpara,3-Nirmal Chetri,7-Harmanjot Khabra,14-Mehtab Hussain,27-B.Beikhokei,22-Sanju Pradhan,9-Alvito D'Cunha,12-Yasif Yakibu,11-Subhas Singh

Substitutes: 31-Priyant Kumar Singh,26-Mehrajuddin Wadoo,16-Saheb Ali Gharami,33-Saikata Saha Roy,38-N.G.Beirona,23-Mumtaz Akhtar,15-Baichung Bhutia,35-Budhiram Tudu, 19-Rahim Nabi

3'- Corner to Viva Kerala , headed away by East Bengal defence.

5'- Corner to East Bengal , Mehtab's corner is headed away by Viva defence

10'- Throw-in for East Bengal

15'- Corner for East Bengal , punched away by Viva goal keeper Sharath

19'- Free kick to Viva Kerala , Bello Rasaq takes a quick one , passes it to Amarwant Singh on the right but is intercepted by Saumik Dey

22'- Yellow Card M.P.Sakeer (Viva Kerala)

22'- Subhas Singh is brought down on the edge of the 18 yard box by Sakeer , Yakubu with the free-kick , his right footer hit the woodwork , East Bengal almost got the goal.

24'- Ruben Senayo makes a run with the ball in the East Bengal heart of defence , gets past one defender but over runs with the ball as Abhra Mondal collects the ball with ease.

28'- East Bengal defense doesn't look settled at the moment as Senyo is giving tough time to both the East Bengal centre backs

30'- Viva Kerala earns a free kick in their own half , Amarwant Singh provides a long ball into the East Bengal box, Senyo heads backs to Karma on the right , Karma takes a shot which is way wide of the post . another chance wasted by the Kerala outfit .

31'- Subhas Singh makes a run from the left , provides a cross but it is headed away by Amarwant Singh

33'- East Bengal are enjoying the local support but haven't been able to combine themselves , especially in the mid-field.

35'- Corner for Viva Kerala , Surjith right footer is headed away by Nirmal Chetri

37'- Viva Kerala are definitely enjoying a better ball possession of the two but needs to be more creative upfront.

40'- Free kick to East Bengal in their own half , Okpara provides the ball into the Viva box , headed away by Surijith

42'- Another free kick to Viva Kerala but the result is same. Amarwant right footer is headed away once again by Nirmal Chetri

43'- Karma is brought down by Harmanjot on he centre line, free kick to Viva Kerala , Bello Rasaq feeble free kick is headed away by East Bengal defense , meanwhile seconds later Yakubu scorcher from the edge of the 18 yard box is over the woodwork.

ADDED TIME - 1 MINUTE

45+1'- Corner to East Bengal , Alvito with the corner , his left footer is headed away by Viva Kerala defence but falls in for Subhas Singh , whose shot is blocked by Surjith.

HALF TIME

46'- Substitution
East Bengal
OUT- B.Beikhokhei
IN-Mehrajuddin Wadoo

48'- Free kick to East Bengal at the top of 18 yard box, Alvito curling left footer is brilliantly saved by Sharath.

50'- Lots of action are happening in the centre but both the teams clearly lacks combination upfront.

53'- Throw-in for Viva Kerala

56'- Another throw-in for Viva Kerala , Marsook long throw-in is flicked by Reuben and falls in for Shibinilal , who volley finds the side net.

58'- Free kick to East Bengal, Alvito once again is there to take it but this time , its a feeble one , easily cleared away by Viva defence.

60'- Amarwant long ball is picked by Reuben upfront , heads it back for Sakeer , who right footer is way wide of the woodwork.

62'- East Bengal gets a free kick in their own half , Okpara provides it into the Viva box but it is cleared away once again by Amarwant

65'- Karma with the ball in the East Bengal box, takes a shot but it is blocked by Okpara

66'- Sanju Pradhan makes a run in the centre , tries to pass Yakubu on the right but it is intercepted by Bello Razaq

68'-Throw-in for East Bengal

70'- Okpara provides a long ball into the Viva box once again but is easily collected by Sharath.

72'- Throw-in for Viva, Surijith long throw is well connected by Reuben but no problem for Abhra Mondal as he collects it with ease.

74'- Subhas Singh collides with Viva goal keeper Sharath on a common ball and is getting some medical attention immediately.

76'- The match resume after couple of minutes and Sharath seems to be doing fine.

78'- Bello Razaq provides a long ball on the left for Sirajudeen , who makes a run in the centre and furthers passes it to Reuben , who fails to receive it.

80'- Free kick to East Bengal

81'- Substitution
Viva Kerala
OUT-Sirajudeen
IN-Nishad K.P

82'- Nishad is straightway in the action, fires a shot from the top of 18 yard box but could only manage to find Abhra Mondal.

82'- Nishad is straightway in the action, fires a shot from the top of 18 yard box but could only manage to find Abhra Mondal.

85'- Yellow Card
Mehtab Hussain (East Bengal)

87'- The match has certainly lost his charm as neither team is looking to break the jinx , meanwhile Viva earns a corner but it is headed away by Okpara.

88'- Free kick to Viva Kerala on the right of 18 yard box , Sakeer with the free kick provides it at the second post but Okpara is pushed from behind by Reuben , free kick to East Bengal

ADDED TIME : 4 MINUTES

90+1'- Free kick to East Bengal in their own half , Mehrajuddin provides a long ball into the Viva box but is cleared away by Viva defense once again.

Source: AIFF

From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Tuesday 22 December 2009, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.