Two VAR officials have allegedly been arrested in Poland ahead of helping referee the match between Dynamo Kyiv and Rangers.
According to reports in Poland, Bartosz Frankowski and Tomasz Musial were arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning after allegedly stealing a road sign in Lublin.
The pair were due to oversee the Champions League third qualifying round match in the roles of head VAR and assistant VAR but have since been replaced for the fixture.
It's claimed the duo were stopped by police at 1.43am after carrying a road sign down the street while intoxicated and were taken to a sobering-up centre.
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Lublin City Police Senior Superintendent Kamil Gołębiowski told TVP Sport: "At around 1:40 a.m. we received a report of three men carrying a road sign down the street.
"Police officers were dispatched to the scene. All of the men were intoxicated and had over 1.5 per mille of alcohol in their blood.
"They were taken to a sobering-up centre."
Stand-in Polish pair Tomasz Kwiatkowski and Pawel Malec have now been placed in the VAR and assistant VAR roles for the fixture.
The match will be refereed on the pitch by a four-man Lithuanian team. Donatas Rumsas is the man in the middle with Aleksandr Radius and Dovydas Suziedelis as the assistant referees. Robertas Smitas is the fourth official at the Arena Lublin.
A UEFA statement read: "We can confirm that the VAR officials for tonight’s UEFA Champions League third qualifying round match between Dynamo Kyiv and Rangers have been replaced."
