Luzhny steps in for ill Szabó

FC Dynamo Kyiv will be led by assistant coach Oleh Luzhny for their UEFA Champions League trip to Manchester United FC on Wednesday as József Szabó is suffering from heart problems.

Heart disease
Szabó, 67, only began his fourth spell as Dynamo coach on 21 September after Anatoliy Demyanenko stepped down in the wake of the Matchday 1 defeat by AS Roma. Since then the Ukrainian champions have also lost to Sporting Clube de Portugal and United in Group F but Szabó will not lead his team at Old Trafford and has been sent on leave.

Club statement
A club statement read: "Szabó is temporarily unable to work due to ischemic heart disease, so his assistant Luzhny will prepare the team for the forthcoming UEFA Champions League and Ukrainian league matches." A 39-year-old former Ukrainian international, Luzhny is no stranger to England, having played for Arsenal FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in a long career which also brought one Soviet and seven Ukrainian titles with Dynamo. He captained Ukraine a record 39 times and coached Latvia's FK Venta in 2005 before joining Dynamo's staff a year later.