FULL TIME: Viva Kerala 0-1 Mumbai FC

Final Score:
Viva Kerala 0-1 Mumbai FC
Goal Scorers: Bevans Quao (26')

Venue: EMS Memorial Stadium, Calicut

Man of the Match: Nidhinlal (Goal Keeper, Mumbai FC)

Full Time. Viva's poor run of form continues. 3 defeats in a row.

90+1' - Sakeer through the right and crosses. Cross lacks precision and goes over the goal

90' - Mumbai FC Free kick Straight to Sakeer in the wall. Triggers a counter

89' - Corner fro Viva. Surjith's kick to Reuben in the far post. He heads but goes wide. Goal Kick

86' - Substitution Mumbai FC - Anas Edathodika OUT; Faizal Rehman IN

84' - Corner for viva. Mumbai FC players wasting time by acting injured it seems. Another stoppage and there has been many in this match.

82' - Free Kick by Noel Wilson. Headed out of the box by Surjith.

81' - Anish takes a quick throw in to Sabeeth. Referee stops play for hand ball by sabeeth

78'- Yellow card for Nidhinlal; Time wasting.

77' - Shibinlal plays one-two with Reuben. Tries to hit the ball on the bounce, The shot goes into the sky.

75' - Free kick from Noel Wilson to Abhishek Yadav. The tall striker directs the ball to the goal with his head. Sharath dives and holds the ball

Injured Bashiru Abbas is back from hospital and joins his teammates at the dugout

70' - Substitution: Yet another striker on the field for Viva. Sabeeth CS comes on for Noushad

68' - Abhished Yadav easily gets past Noushad, but Charles for the rescue

66' - Viva Kerala corner towards Reuben. Defender heads it only to Sakeer, tries a high ball, goes for goal kick.

65' - Substitution: Shibinlal IN; Raman Patrick Sisupalan OUT. Aggressive substitution by AM Sreedharan.

62' - Reuben turns from the defender and takes a fierce shot. Nidhin Lal somehow manages to keep it out. Rahul tries to pounce on the loose ball, but ball goes over the goal line.

61' - Noushad comes from the back and enter the box with the ball and crosses in. Karma unmarked cannot reach the ball. 2 golden opportunities in 2 minutes.

60' - Anish gets around the keeper, but pulls wide and back passes to Rahul. Rahul crosses in to Reuben who has an open post. Cleared off the line.

59' - Corner for Viva. Reuben tries a shot, hits the body of defender

58' - Viva Kerala Substitution: Rahul P IN; Siraj OUT

56' - Anish gets past defense, but referee calls offside

54' - Mumbai FC Substitution: Abhishek Yadav IN; Surojith Roy OUT

53' - Karma tries to deflect the ball into the goal from a cross but goes wide

51' - Karma crosses the ball to free Siraj. He waits for the ball to meet him and the defender clears

47' - Reuben is supplied with a long ball, but he can't get to hte ball before Mumbai FC keeper.

Second half begins with Viva attack

Half time and Viva still trials by a goal. Lackluster performance by Viva in the first half.

45+6' - Reuben fouls Goutham Debnath. Gets a yellow card!

45+5 ' - Patrick and Bevans battle for the ball. Patrick comes out on top

45+2' - Patrick Sisupalan slips the ball to Karma who crosses it in. Anish misses the chance for the point blank header

45+1' - Mumbai FC substitution: Dane Periera IN; Bashiru Mohammed Abbas OUT

41' - Mumbai FC's Bashiru Abbas is down and seems to be unconscious. He receives first aid and is the ambulance rushes into the middle of the ground!

39' - Reuben seems to have hurt Mumbai FC's Malayali keeper Nidhin Lal in the challenge for the ball. He's alright though.

37' - Surjith joins the attack from the back and hits the ball on the volley. No proper connection and the ball sails wide.

35' - Sakeer again hits the ball over in a rare attack by Viva.

32' - Subhash Chakraborthy dribbles past Viva defense and creates space for the cross. Bevans Quao connects and the ball just misses the crossbar. Mumbai FC could have easily doubled their lead.

26' - Mumbai takes the lead. Bevans Quao escapes Viva defensive line and puts the ball past Sharath. The crowd cheers for the brilliant play! 1-0 to Mumbai FC

24' - Corner for viva. Surjith takes it. In to the far post and the defender clears for a throw in at the other side

21' - Bashiru Mohammed Abbas and Sharath K fights in the air for Subhash Chakrobarthy's cross. Sharath punches the ball away from the foreigner.

18' - Siraj is free with just keeper in front. Nidhin Lal storms in and falls on the ball and makes it his!

15' - This time Anish crosses from the left to Reuben Senyo. Senyo couldn't take control.

15' - Anish lays the ball to Sakeer who hits it. Over the post.

13' - Goutham Debnath's ball in from the right is well held by keeper Sharath

9' - Reuben gets a long ball from the defence, runs with the ball and tries a long shot. Goes over.

3' - Karma's shot is fumbled by the goal keeper Nidhin Lal and Anish Kp heads it into the gaol. But Mumbai FC defender clears of the line.

The match kicks off. Viva Kerala in Blue shirts and blue shorts. Mumbai FC in their yellow shirts and black shorts

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

Mumbai FC: Starting Eleven: Nidhin Lal AC (Goal Keeper), Anas Edathodika, Goutham Debnath, Evans Quao, Bernard Achaw, Bashiru Mohammed Abas, Noel Wilson (Captain), Subhash Chakrobarthy, Darren Caldiera, kamaljeet Kumar, Surojith Roy
Substitutes: Amith Singha roy, Abhishek Yadav, Hiralal Chhetri, Faizal Rehman, Dane Pereira, Nishanth mehra, Jerome Sebastian
Coach: Khalid Jamil
Asst. Coach and Manager: Henry Picardo
Physio: Surjith Manna

From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Friday 30 April 2010, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.