Ryuji Sueoka , the Japanese attacking medio came to trial for Mohun Bagan under Asian Quota and he passed with good marks in his first day of practice. The thai defender Sangsak Chaisamak has been released by Mohun Bagan officials after trial. He was not up to the mark and 100% fit as well.

 In a practice match against Peerless in Mohun Bagan ground Ryuji Sueoka scored two goals and played some good football by showing his wing play.However, coaches, officials are happy to to see his performance in the first appearance.

Ryuji Sueoka was in the trial in Sporting Clube de Goa, but due to some reason Sporting management did not recruit him and Mohun Bagan officials called him and gave chance to show his excellence. The Japanese player did show his excellence and most of supporters, who were in the gallery to see the practice match have praised him for his good performance. The Mohun Bagan officials have already applied for his international transfer and clearance.

The brief careergraph of Ryuji Sueoka a is given below:-

Full name	Ryuji Sueoka
Date of birth	May 22, 1979 (1979-05-22) (age 30)
Place of birth	Yamaguchi, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder

 

Club information
Current club	Bangkok United
Number	30

Youth career
	Hikari High School

Senior career
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2005 2004 2006 2007 2008-	Albirex Niigata →Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) (loan) Geylang United Balestier Bangkok United	22 00(1) 27 0(12) 29 00(4) 32 00(9) 22 00(0)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Information courtesy: WIKIPEDIA.COM

Chiddi’s second hattrick, this time against Pune FC This was Mohun Bagan’s second successive away match, coming on the back of a disappointing home loss to Mumbai FC and a 2-2 draw in Goa against Sporting Clube de Goa. With injuries to quite a few key players, the pressure was truly on for the National Club of India. Could the Mariners draw on their team spirit glorious heritage to produce a much awaited win? For the hitherto winless Pune FC this was an important match too. With a packed house with supporters cheering for both sides, it was all set for a fantastic encounter despite the poor weather earlier this week which had rendered the ground heavy and slushy. The interest of the people of Pune is at its height and Pune FC needs to win some encounters in a hurry if they are to keep pulling people to the ground.

Mohun Bagan started on a cautious note, going for a 4-5-1 combination. The whole idea was to consolidate the midfield and then to go for counter attack. For the first ten minutes or so the home team dominated somewhat, but the Bagan defence, led by an inspired Dipak Mondal, held firm. Shilton looked assured right from the start. As the game unfolded, the Snehasish-Marcos-Tomba-Chiddi combination gradually began to stamp their authority on the park. In the 13th minute Snehasish was brought down just outside the Pune FC box, but Marcos hit the resultant free-kick straight at the goalkeeper.

Pune were back in the attack after that, and the game was still wide open. On the half-hour mark Tomba and Manish combined gracefully to open things up for Snehasish, but his effort went just over the bar. Pune counterattacked almost immediately, but Edmar shot wide. This was end-to-end football at its best!

And then came the breakthrough for Mohun Bagan, when Chiddi scored in style in the 38th minute! (1-0). Within minutes the Nigerian, after getting the ball from James, sublimely dribbled past three opponents before shooting just wide! Then Pune counter-attacked, and had the ball in Bagan’s net just before half-time, but the goal was disallowed for some infringement. Then Pune’s goalkeeper Subrata Paul collided with Chiddi, resulting in some heat! It was a hectic end to a fascinating first half, and Mohun Bagan were in 1-0 ahead.

The second half started with Mohun Bagan on the attack. Five minutes into the half a Chiddi sent in a stiff shot off a Snehasish cross, but Subrata punched it away. Within a couple of minutes Chiddi turned his marker beautifully, but his shot went just over. Thereafter Pune tried to get back into the game, but Bagan’s midfield and defence kept their nerve admirably. Then, twenty minutes into the second half Chiddi showed his class again when his powerful shot from the edge of the Pune box was too hot for India’s number one goalkeeper to handle! (2-0).

Pune FC still came at Bagan, but the defence held firm. And then half an hour into the second half  it was Pune’s defence which wilted again. A mis-pass was latched onto by Tomba, whose measured through found Chiddi. Chiddi calmly stroked it home and completed his hat trick. (3-0) Chiddi was on fire and so was Mohun Bagan! Chiddi was replaced by Branco Cardozo in the 92^nd minute and almost unbelievably, he went off to a standing ovation. This was spectator behaviour at its best.

The dying moments of the game had a small twist, Surkumar brought down Arata Izumi inside the Bagan box and the refree obliged by pointing to the spot and booking Surkumar. Douhou converted the resulting spotkick (3-1) and Pune FC had pulled one back. But the clock was up and refree blew for the final time.

Teams:

Mohun Bagan: Shilton, Surkumar, Dipak,Rakesh, Mohanraj, James, Manish, Tomba (Zenith 84), Marcos, Snehasish (Ishfaq 78), Chiddi (Branco 92)

Pune FC:Subrata, Sunil Kumar (Manoj 86), Caitano, Selwyn, Tokov, Godwin, Kuttymani (Asim Hassan 74), Djidjia, Venkatesh, Arata, Edmar (Vignesh 66)

Picture courtesy:  Sangbad Pratidin

 

Football fraternity was shocked and appalled on 10th November 2009 when Germany’s goalkeeper Robert Enke died after being hit by a train. He was 32.Robert Enke played for the German club Hannover. Team president Martin Kind confirmed his death after been fatally struck by a train Tuesday night.

Enke first represented his country in 1998–99 in the German Under-21 side. His performances found him a berth in the National squad for the 1999 Confederations Cup, although he did not feature in any games.

He came back to the National squad after being chosen for a friendly against Georgia, and, after first choice Jens Lehmann caught the flu, again against Cyprus.

He finally made his senior international debut for Germany in a 0–1 friendly defeat to Denmark in Duisburg on 28 March 2007. After further games, he was selected for their Euro 2008 squad which would compete in Austria and Switzerland. Enke was an unused substitute during the tournament that saw Germany finish as runners-up. With the international retirement of previous number one Jens Lehmann at Euro 2008, Enke was poised to make the position his own and played in several World Cup 2010 qualifiers. However, in October 2008, he broke the scaphoid of his left hand while training with the national team for a qualifier against Russia. After undergoing surgery, he was sidelined for two months. Upon his return in January 2009, he again became the number one keeper in the national team. In Autumn 2009, Enke had to pause again because of an infection with campylobacter. Due to only recently recovering from this he was not selected for a friendly against Chile that the national team was preparing for when he died. He died having won eight full international caps. His final international appearance came on 12 August 2009 when he kept a clean sheet against Azerbaijan.

Mohunbaganclub.com joins the football fraternity and offers condolences to the members of the bereaved family.