We Need To Work On Home Development In Africa Football - Lualua

We Need To Work On Home Development In Africa Football - Lualua Sampson Adedeji Former DR Congo attacker Tressor Lomana Lualua has insisted that players in Africa must be working on enhancing the growth of Africa football, BSNsports.com.ng can report. LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, (DR Congo) but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed his first professional contract with Colchester United and he scored a total of 21 goals in 68 appearances which prompted Newcastle United to sign him up. For his international football, LuaLua was first named by the DR Congo national team in the preliminary squad for the African Nations Cup finals in Mali in January 2002. Read: Amunike Set To Miss Out On Kano Pillars Job He played in the 0–0 draw with Togo, 1–0 loss to Cameroon, and 3–1 win over Ivory Coast. He also played in the quarter-final match against Senegal, in which DR Congo lost 2–0 amid some controversy. Former Portsmouth attacker expressed his mind while speaking to the press concerning Africa football situations. "If we look back all the players that are playing in Europe presently started at home ( Africa) we need to start concentrating on homegrown players development because is our base. We understand that it's not all big players at the club level will get to the national team and play well, so we need to have our base. We are all waiting for Africa to win the world cup. In the world, the cup is more of Nigeria, Congo, Senegal, whoever is going forward the whole continent gets behind them. I think it's a matter of time for Africa. If we play by the heart and put ego beside that will make the team go further. We are not far behind, Africa players are playing in a big team," he said. Lualua made 31 appearances and netted 7 goals for DR Congo while he also played for 15 clubs across England, Turkey, Cyprus and Qatar.