Byshovets Back On Familiar Ground Lokomotiv Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow Stewart Fisher Reports On the Russian Former Hearts Coach Now Preparing His Side to Face Aberdeen

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THREE years after charging into the away dressing room at the St Jakob's Park in Basel, turning off the music, and admonishing Hearts players for celebrating a hardearned Uefa Cup group stage win, Anatoly Byshovets is back. The man who was Vladimir Romanov's original choice as director of football is now head coach of Lokomotiv Moscow, and when he arrives at the technical area at Pittodrie on Thursday night, it should be noted that he has still not managed to put controversy behind him.

Byshovets is universally acknowledged as one of the Soviet Union's greatest ever strikers, having inspired Dynamo Kyiv to four Soviet titles and having scored four goals in the 1970 World Cup finals, but his reputation as a manager is notably less secure.

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Byshovets Back On Familiar Ground Lokomotiv Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow Stewart Fisher Reports On the Russian Former Hearts Coach Now Preparing His Side to Face Aberdeen

Having been promoted to become coach of big-spending Lokomotiv (as the name suggests, they are backed by the Russian rail network) largely by default after the departure of Yuri Semin, his all-star side went into the weekend in a disappointing sixth place in the Russian le...

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