CSKA coach to keep his moustache

Reaching his first ever European cup final won't, after all, make CSKA Moscow coach Valery Gazzayev sacrifice his beloved moustache. When CSKA ended up in the UEFA Cup as a consolation for finishing third in their Champions League first-round group...

Reaching his first ever European cup final won't, after all, make CSKA Moscow coach Valery Gazzayev sacrifice his beloved moustache.

When CSKA ended up in the UEFA Cup as a consolation for finishing third in their Champions League first-round group last December, Gazzayev promised Moscow fans he would shave off his bushy moustache if the army club reached the final.

But after his team crushed Italy's Parma 3-0 in Thursday's UEFA Cup semi-final Gazzayev said: "I have received numerous messages from our fans in the last few days, urging me to keep my moustache and bring the cup home to Moscow instead."

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