Europa League – Everton advise fans to delay making travel plans for Dynamo …

Friday’s last-16 draw paired Britain’s last representatives in the competition with the Ukrainian team. The Toffees are scheduled to host their opponents in the first leg on March 12 before making the away trip a week later.

However, trouble flared at Dynamo’s round-of-32 second-leg victory over Guingamp in Kyiv on Thursday. The game was suspended for around 10 minutes by referee Martin Strombergsson towards the end.

UEFA announced on Friday it was opening disciplinary proceedings, with Dynamo’s list of charges including crowd disturbances, field invasion by supporters and the setting off/throwing of fireworks and objects.

The disciplinary case is set to be dealt with by UEFA next Wednesday and as a result Everton are urging fans to hold off on making any bookings.

A statement from the club read: “Everton is advising any supporters considering booking travel to Kyiv to wait until our official allocation, and the ticketing criteria, have been confirmed. This is likely to be early next week.

“We are also aware of the discussions between Dynamo and UEFA over safety and security matters following the incidents in the stadium during the round-of-32 fixture against Guingamp and will provide any updates on this as soon as possible.

“Details on tickets and official travel packages will appear on evertonfc.com in due course. This is likely to be on Monday March 2.”

Boss Roberto Martinez had earlier said: “At the moment there is a UEFA investigation going on and we don’t know any more details from that point of view. ‘We are going to take every step as it comes and wait for instructions.

“At the moment it is just about concentrating on the first leg and seeing how the investigation goes with UEFA.”

Martinez – whose side sealed their last-16 place with a 3-1 home victory over Swiss side Young Boys on Thursday, triumphing 7-2 on aggregate – also said he was “very excited” by the prospect of the Dynamo tie, which he expects to be tough.

“It is a draw that we are very excited about,” the Spaniard said. “Dynamo Kyiv are a top team – they are unbeaten in and top of their domestic league, ahead of teams we know about well in terms of being strong in Europe, like Shakhtar Donetsk and Dnipro.

“They have some well-known players and play in a phenomenal facility. Their ground is special. In that respect, it is what we expected – a tough team. You always prefer to play at home in the second leg, and unfortunately that is not going to be the case, but there is nothing we can do in that respect.”