*Final Score:*
Kerala XI 3-5 MEG Bangalore
Goals: Usman P (12′, 71′, 73′) – Hmar Nguernilal (11′, 22′, 38′), Ramu V (34′, 48′)
Venue: EMS Corporation Stadium, Kozhikode
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**Substitutions:
**41′ – Joby Joseph OFF; Noufal N ON (Kerala XI)
56′ – Muhammed Razi OFF; Nasruddin C ON (Kerala XI)
67′ – Dipen Thapa OFF; Charanjit ON (MEG Bangalore)
**Bookings:
**76′ – Yellow card – BT Sharat (Kerala XI)
Live Commentary:
FULL TIME here. Kerala bows out of the Nayanar Cup tournament! Nguernilal is the man of the match!
3 minutes added on!!
85′ – Kerala still looking for goals here! They are not going down easily!
82′ – Surjith’s long throw in, headed on by Usman, hits the crossbar!!!
81′ – Again Kerala corner!
80′ – Corner for Kerala. Headed out by MEG defence. Throw in for Kerala.
Crowd going crazy as Kerala wins possession each time! Great atmosphere here!
76′ – Yello card for Kerala’s Sharat
75′ – Sumesh hits a volley, blocked by keeper and hits the right post! So close Kerala!
73′ – GOAL! Usman completes hattrick! Sumesh’s cross from the right is headed in by Usman! Kerala 3-5 MEG Bangalore
71′ – GOAL!! Kerala reduced the deficit to three goals! Usman again on the score sheet! Kerala 2-5 MEG Bangalore
65′ – Kannan wins a corner for Kerala.
61′ – Kerala trying hard to salvage some pride, but frankly speaking they don’t look like scoring here!
56′ – Rahul’s shot straight at MEG keeper Sharat!
54′ – Corner for Kerala.
53′ – Lokeshwar misses an open goal for MEG!
51′ – Kerala wins free kick at the edge of the box. Kannan takes it, but goes wide!
48′ – GOAL! Ramu scores his second! Kerala 1-5 MEG!! What do you guys think about this???!!
Second half kicks off! Can Kerala turn this one??
It’s half time! It’s all MEG in the last 30 minutes!
45+1′ – Free kick at the edge of the box for MEG! But hit wide.
44′ – Sumesh’s shot saved by keeper! Kerala desperate!
41′ – Kerala have replaced their keeper Joby Joseph with Noufal.
38′ – Hattrick for Nguernilal. Recieves a long ball and turns and shoots. Joby dives for it, but can’t stop it from entering the goal1 Kerala 1-4 MEG! No way back for Kerala now??
34′ – GOAL!! MEG doubles the lead! Nguernilal takes the free kick, Joby fails to hold it, falls for Ramu who scores!! Kerala 1-3 MEG !
29′ – Girish’s long ball almost finds Lokeshwar in the box, but Kerala keeper Joby Joseph advances and collects the ball!
27′ – Free kick for MEG in the attacking half. Shiyad takes it, but Lokeshwar Singh fails to control it
22′ – GOAL! Dipen Thapa first hits the crossbar with a lap, but the ball is cleared only for Vineeth in the right wing, He crosses it in and Nguernilal finds the goal! Kerala 1-2 MEG
20′ – Surjith finds Sumesh with a long ball, Sumesh gets into the box and shoots! Side netting!
16′ – Ajiraj tries to find Ngurnilal in the box, but good intervention by Surjith!
12′ – GOAL!! INSTANT REPLY! Kerala’s Usman returns the goal! His bullet from the box beats MEG keeper Sharat Narayan! Kerala 1-1 MEG Bangalore
11′ – GOAL. MEG Bangalore scores!!! Lokeshwar Singh’s cross is met by Nguernilal in the centre and his tap in lands t the back of the net. Kerala 0-1 MEG
8′ – First attempt on goal by Kerala. Former Viva Kerala right back Surjith tries to lob the keeper from 30 yards out, his effort hits the crossbar!
6′ – MEG again on the attack! Aiyappa’s cross from the right has no takers in the middle.
2′ – MEG’s Ramu tries a long ranger. Flies just over the goal!
1′ Kerala in green shirts and green shorts today, while MEG are in red shirts and blue shorts!
All set for kick off. Kerala must win this match to ensure their place in the semi finals of the fourth EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup 2012.
Team Lists:
Kerala XI:
Starting Eleven: Joby Joseph (Goalkeeper, Captain), Surjith VV, Sarath BT, Anagh BK, Askar CV, Mohammed Rasi, Shibinlal VK, Rahul P, Sumesh N, Kannan R, Usman P
Substitutes: Noufal N, Nelto Sebastian, Shamil KV, Daison Devadas, Nishad K, Nasrudheen C, Frioz K
Head Coach: MM Jacob
Team Manager: C Dawood
Physio: Bipin Albert George
MEG Bangalore:
Starting Eleven: SharathNarayan (Goalkeeper), Shiyad AS, Suman Kumar, Girish VK (Captain), Vineet, Ramu V, Ajiraj Philip, Aiyappa, Dipen Thapa, Lokeshwar Singh, Hmar Nguernilal
Substitutes: Amith Shah, Gabriel, Govind M, S Ali, Johnson T, Chiranjit, Ashok KC
Head Coach: SP Shaji
Referee: Sree Krishna
Assistant Referees: PC Vijay, Adley Costa
Fourth Official: C Leo
Match Commissioner: Sethumadhavan C
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Final Score:**
Air India FC 3-1 BN Railways
Goals:** Ezeh Henry (4′, 78′), Prakash Thorat (37′) – Pratim Sarkar (27′)
Team Lists:
Air India FC:
Starting Eleven:Harshad Mehera (Goalkeeper), Allan Dias, Premkumar V, Oken Singh, Emmanuel Anoskie, Royston D’souza, Takayuki Omi, Ezeh Henry (Captain), Prakash Thorat, Soccor Vetho, Ramandeep Singh
Substitutes: Pavan Kumar, Bhuvan Chandra Joshi, Satwinder Singh, Sandesh Gadkari, Federic Endro, Neil Gaikwad
Head Coach: Anthony Fernandez
Team Manager: Joginder Singh Thapa
BN Railways Kolkata:
Starting Eleven: Ganesh Singh (Goalkeeper), Sujith Ghosh, Akhil Raj Banshi, Shyam Mandal, Soumik Roy, Dhiman Sinha, Asim Das (Captain), Felix, Pratim Sarkar, Eric Aningo, Christian
Substitutes: Subhash Ghosh, Barun Kundo, Bimel Sarkar, Sudip Sanjra, Ajay Saha, Sujit Malo
Head Coach: TB Roy Choudhary, Novanjal Bhandopadhyay
Team Manager: SP Singh
Referee: MKM Basheer
Assistant Referees: Denny Jacob, Sasi Kumar
Fourth Official: Ratheesh Kumar
Match Commissioner: Sethumadhavan C
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Tuesday 13 March 2012. The database copy of this article was lost; it was recovered in 2026 from the Internet Archive's saved copy of the live page.