Final Score: Viva Kerala 1-0 JCT

Live text commentary of the ONGC I-League 2009-10 match between Viva Kerala and JCT exclusively at Footballkerala.com from 4:00 PM

Teams:

Viva Kerala: Starting Eleven: Shahinlal Meloly (GK), Noushad K, Charles Dzisah, Bello Rasaq, Surjith VV, T Karma, Patrick Sisupalan, MP Sakeer (Captain), Sirajudeen, Reuben Senyo, Shibinlal VK
Substitutes: Sajesh P, Mohammed Marsook, Ahamed Malik, Anish KP, RAhul P, Nishad KP, Sharath K
Coach: AM Sreedharan
Assistant Coach: Bino George
Manager: Prasanthan K
Physio: Anas K

JCT Phagwara: Karamjit Singh (GK), Jaspal Singh, Balwant Singh, Pepp Thechukwu Orji, Daljit Singh, Rakinderjit Singh, Pawan Kumar, Gurwinder Singh, Sakatar Singh, Baldeep Singh, Sarrjeet
Substitutes: Narinder Singh, Laichhuanmawia, PC Lahlimtharan, Randeep Singh, Harish Kumar, Ajay Singh, Prasanta Dora
Coach: Parminder Singh
Manager: Harjinder Singh
Physio: Vishal Kumar

LIVE SCORE :
Viva Kerala 1-0 JCT Phagwara
Reuben Senyo (21')

***Man of the Match: Pepp Tkechukwu Orji

THAT'S IT!! VIVA KERALA HAVE WON THIS MATCH

SUBSTITUTION VIVA KERALA:
Mohammed Marsook IN
Sitajudeen OUT

Fans hold their breath as the match is in to its final minutes....

92' - JCT players appeal for a penalty for them. But referee waves play on!

92' - Throw in from the deep for viva. JCT players clear

91' - Corner for Viva. Surjith takes it

89' - Reuben hits wide

85' - VIVA SUBSTITUTION:
T Karma OUT
Rahul P IN

Sorry for the interruption as we lost our connection due to technical problems

68' - Reuben makes a good run into the box, but his hsot is deflected away for a corner

66' - Orji again tests Shahinlal with a long shot

65' - Anish goes for goal in his first touch and just misses the target

60' - VIVA KERALA SUBSTITUTION:
Shibinlal OUT
ANISH IN

57' - Shahinlal grabs the loose ball and kicks it forward

53' - JCT player is in a clear position to score, but slips and cannot take the shot!

51' - Free kick for Viva taken by Sakeer. Ball falls to Charles Dzisah who goes for a shot. But misses the goal

JCT have used alll their available substitutions now!

50' - SUBSTITUTION: Harish Sharma has been rushed in the ambulance. Laichhuanmawia takes his position in the field

47' - The ambulance is asked to be driven into the ground as there is an head injury for a JCT Player

45' - Players are back and the match restarts

45+2' - Referee whistles for the end of first half of the play!

44' - Viva's shibinlal is down on the ground and he is carried out of the pitch

42' - Sakeer's cross deflected for a deep throw in

41' - Karma shoots wide

40' - Shibinlal is brought down in the box, but referee denies penalty for Viva

38' - Shahinlal pulls off a diving save of the shot from Orji

37' - Sakeer's shot flies well wide

JCT now have 6 of their first team members out injured in the season!

34' - JCT SUBSTITUTION:
Goal Keeper Karamjit Singh is replaced by the second Keeper Prashanth Dora

32' - Siraj takes the ball i nthe midfield and tries for a shot! The shot just misses the top corner!

30' - Another Corner for Viva. Referee awards free kick for JCT after a challenge on the keeper

28' - Reuben misses the goal after finding himself free infront of the keeper

27' - Noushad given yellow card

24' - The match restarts after the JCT Goal Keeper receives his treatment

21' - GOAL FOR VIVA!!!!!!!! Viva Kerala scores. Reuben Senyo gets past the defender and keeps his cool to put the ball in to the back of the net!

17' Free kick for JCt 35 yards out. Referee raises his flag for offside

16' - Sakeer lofts the ball to Reuben who controls the ball and crosses in to the box. Shibinlal again couldn't match the height of the cross

15' - Shibinlal was just unable to reach the ball to tap in. Best chance so far coming aftera good move from Patrick Sisupalan and Karma

14' - Second corner of the natch for Viva

13'- Balwant Singh's cross only on to the legs of Viva defender

11' - SUBSTITUTION for JCT:
Harish Sharma comes in for the injured Daljit Singh.
Injury was the result of Reuben Senyo's challenge!

10' - JCT playing with 10 men at the moment

9' - Reuben knocks a JCT player down very late but does not go into referee's book

7' - JCT's Pawan Kumar is offside

7' - Siraj's cross from left falls behind the goal

6' - Viva provided Goal Kick despite JCT players' shout for a corner

5' - Karma finds Reuben Senyo in the box. Reuben turns free and shoots the ball across the goal!

4' - Sakatar Singh's ball into the box is headed clear by Surjith

3' - Charles Dzisah clears the danger for the home team

1' - Viva gets their first corner in the first minute..

A crowd of around 3000 has gathered here the match.

A minute of silence is observed at the stadium in remembrance of former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu

Players are on the pitch and we are very close to the much awaited kick...

Both the teams are going for exactly the same line up as yesterday for the match.

From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Sunday 17 January 2010, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.