FULL TIME: Viva Kerala 1-1 Mahindra United

Footballkerala.com brings you Live commentary of the I-League bash between Viva Kerala and Mahindra United happening at the EMS Stadium, Calicut from 4:00 PM IST......

***Final Score:
Viva Kerala 1-1 Mahindra United
Goals: Karma 61' - Tamba 86'
Man of the Match: Charles Dzisah

It's another draw for Viva.... Well played..

Mahindra are desperate to find another goal as the match extends in to the closing minutes

86' -Mahindra free kick creates tension at the Viva penalty area. Sharath saves initial header from Rafi but cannot hold it. Paresh heads the ball back in and Tamba heads the ball into the back of the net. 1-1.

82' - Rafi's header is saved wonderfully by Sharath

75' - Paresh lifts the ball to Rafi; Sharath takes the ball from Rafi before he connects it

72' - Substitution for Viva
Sirajudeen OUT; Sajesh P IN

70' - yellow for Muritala Ali for elbowing Surjith

68' - three Substitutions in a row....
Debabrata Roy OUT; D Ravanan IN
Ajayan OUT; Svetozar Mijin IN
Steven Diaz OUT; Thoi Singh IN

65' - Siraj takes a shot in the box but goes just wide.

62' - Subashish handles the ball outside the penalty area. Referee awards a free kick to Viva at the edge of the penalty box. Sakeer takes the kick and the shot goes just over.

61' - GOAL. Karma and Sakeer plays a one-two. Karma is free in front of the keeper. Pulls off the trggger and finds the goal

60' - Ajayan goes down injured. Paly is stopped

58' - Reuben battles past Mahindra defenders and plays the ball forward. Keeper comes forward and pounces over the ball.

56' - Corner for Mahindra . Cannot create a chance from that

54' - Rafi's shot hits Bello's body. Rafi appeals for hand ball, but referee denies penalty

53' - SUBSTITUTION: RAhul OUT. Anish KP IN

52' - Rahul seems to be injured seriously and is rushed to the hospital in the ambulance

50' - Rahul fouled by DEnzil Franco. He recieves yellow from referee.

Second Half begins

Its half time here....

43' - Rafi is clear of defenders. But Sharath advances bravely and clears the ball from Rafi's legs

41' - Reuben and Senyo with a good movement and he finds Karma in the area. Siraj offside

38' - Sushanth and Viva keeper Sharath fights for the ball. Sharath goes down and Sushanth tries a shot on goal. But Viva defender clears.

37' - Free Kick from Steven meets the head of Tamba, but header flies wide

36' - Senyo crosses in to the box, header by Rahul from close range misses the goal

33' - Sakeer fails to hit the target from the box

Reserve keeper Subhodeep Mukherjee warming up, but Subhashish is back on his feet

29' - Mahindra Keeper Subhashish Roy recieving treatment....

26' - Paresh Shivalkar runs to the box and crosses it to Muritala Ali who misses the ball completely.

25' - Steven Diaz crosses the ball to Shivalkar who is just offside

22' - Reuben given yellow for fouling Denzil Franco

20' - Free header by Rafi misses the target..

19' - Karma storms into the box and crosses it to Patrick. His tap again hits thenwood work.

18' - Lamine Tamba and Senyo battles in the box for Siraj cross. The ball falls on to Sakeer's feet who takes a shot. Hits the post! Referee calls foul by Reuben

17' - Corner for Mahindra.. Taken short by Steven to Paresh Shivalkar who lays it back to Steven. Charles clears with head

15' - Siraj is off side

14' - Foul by Charles on Muritala Ali. Free kick taken by Steven Diaz can't get past he wall of defenders

13' - First corner for Mahindra. Danger is past.

9' - Noushad's lob in to the box finds the safe pair of hands of Subhashish Roy Choudhary.

7' - Noushad joins in the attack and pulls off a shot from the penalty box. Subhashis Roy Choudhary just manages to keep it out of the goal

5'- Muritala Ali fouls Charles Dzisha and takes a shot. Referee whistles for foul.

4' - Siraj tries to find Rahul, but Denzil Franco intercepts the ball

3' - Reuben's attack results in a Goal kick for the Mumbai side

1' - Its corner for viva Kerala in early seconds of the match. Sakeer gets the ball from the corner and shoots over.

Match Kicks off

Both sets of players are warming up as we are close to the kick off..

Bello Razaq is back for Viva Kerala and will replace AMarwant Singh who had a very good game against Churchill Brothers.

Mahindra United will be starting with 3 Kerala players in the starting eleven. Justin Stephen and NP Pradeep takes their place on the bench.

It's 33 degree Celsius at Calicut  as both the teams comes out of their dressing room..

TEAMS: Viva Kerala: Starting Eleven: Sharath K (Goal Keeper), Noushad K, Bello Razzaq, Charles Dzisah, Surjith VV, Karma T, Sisupalan Raman Patrick, Rahul P, Sakeer MP (Captain), Rahul P, Sirajudeen, Reuben Senyo Substitutes: Shahinlal Meloly, Shibinlal VK, Sirajudeen C, Mohammed Marsook, Nishad KP, Karma, Sarath EC
Coach: AM Sreedharan
Assistant Coach: Bino George
Physio: KN Vishnu
Manager: Prashanth

Mahindra United Subhashish Roy Chowdhury(Goal Keeper), Denzil Franco, Lamine Tamba, Alavudeen Nishtar, Debabrata Roy, Paresh Shivalkar, KN Ajayan (Captain), Sushanth Mathew, Steven Diaz, Mohammed Rafi, Subair Muritala Ali
Substitutes: Thoi Singh, Subhodeep Mukherjee, Justine Stephen, Dhanaraj Ravanan, NP Pradeep, Svetozar Mijin, Sushil Kumar Singh
Coach: David Booth Assistant Coach: Arshad Hussain Physio: Kamal Das
Manager: Henry Menezez

Match Officials: Referee: Andrew Shekar
Assistant Referee 1: Franky Fernandez
Assistant Referee 2: Adley D'Costa
Fourth Official: Sreekrishna

From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Monday 22 March 2010, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.