the doorstep to Barcelona's dream-team, failed even more than Lukimya and was in jeopardy of being transferred at a time when he was not on a contract and the team had a very low budget.
Commanding a great audience, Fortuna is a club with big tradition. At a decisive match for promotion from third to second tier against the second rate team, Werder Bremen, close to 50,000 spectators made their presence known at the Espirit Arena. Unfortunately, it looks like a porous defense and a harmless offense has left Fortuna losing the first seven matches of the 2011 season including the first round of the Ger- man cup.
As their fans tried to settle and accept that luck might not come their team’s way, it was then Lukimya surprised everyone as Fortuna rebounded and beat Werder Bre- men. As a result of him saving his team, 25-year-old Congolese–born not only re- gained his spot on the team, but also closed the team’s porous defense alongside Captain Jens Langeneke.
Lukimya, who was raised in Berlin, began his professional career with the second team of Hertha BSC Berlin in third and fourth tier. After being transferred to Hansa Rostock II, he gained a spot in their Bundesliga-team, mak- ing seven appearances in German top division before being relegated and afterwards released. In Jena, along with his skills, he grew up to be a matured footballer.
Now with Düsseldorf, he is consid- ered to be the best at duels through- out the league. Fortuna climbed spot after spot and now ranks eight. It is clear that had it not been for the dis- astrous start of the campaign, they
could have been in the race for promotion. Lucki, as he is now fondly called by his teammates and fans aims to be part of the success story of Fortuna.
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