LuaLua Scores But Then Sees Red

By Peter Donnelly
October 13 2002

Lomana LuaLua scored just after 6 minutes while on International duty for Congo, on Sunday afteroon. However he was then sent off later on, in controversial circumstances, which was follwed by tunnel fury.

Kinshasa was the venue in DR Congo where 100,000 fans - supposedly - were there to see their country play.

LuaLua opened the scoring on only 6 mins after a shot from the left wing.

DR Congo then got a second and that was the final result.

However, during the second half LuaLua handled the ball according to the ref; he was firstly booked for kicking the ball away and was then shown a second yellow card seconds later for arguing with the ref!

LuaLua was then involved in a scuffle in the tunnel, as he left the pitch. Probably showing his disgust in the ref's decision.

This will not go down well on a personal note for Lomana and I'm sure he will be thinking long and hard about his international future in the coming weeks.