04/20/24
February 07, 2006
Play on, says grieving father.: Lomana Lua-Lua returned to England this weekend from the African Nations Cup championships in Egypt after finding out his 18-month-old son died of illness two weeks ago. Lua-Lua has asked to be included in relegation strugglers Portsmouth's team for this Saturday's EPL match against Man U. Wow. (btw, if anyone needs another reason to root against Man U, this is it.)
posted by worldcup2002 to soccer at 01:51 PM - 4 comments
Weird, sad, how come he was just told of his son's death after two weeks?
posted by billsaysthis at 03:35 PM on February 07, 2006
what logic is behind waiting 2 weeks to tell a man his son has died,very sad indeed.
posted by chief81 at 05:55 AM on February 08, 2006
I'm not sure anyone knows for certain whether he was told or not during the African Nations. It was initially reported that he was kept in the dark in a couple of newspapers in England, but they were both tabloids (The Sun and The Mirror).
posted by squealy at 01:52 PM on February 08, 2006
I forgot to add that Lua-Lua is a striker for the National Republic of Congo, in addition to his pro gig with Portsmouth.