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LUBALA’S MAGICAL OCCASION

LEAGUE TWO
BEZ Lubala hailed Crawley’s Carabao Cup giant-killing of Norwich as the greatest night of his short career.
The 21-year-old had hit five goals since arriving on a free transfer from Birmingham in the summer going into the home clash with Cheltenham.
Congo-born Lubala fired home via the aid of a deflection off Canaries debutant Adam Idah and – despite the visitors twice hitting the woodwork – the hosts held on for a famous victory.
“It’s a great night for the club,” said Lubala.
“The goal is something we worked on in training. This is prob...

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