Street named in Gassayev's honour

Valery Gazzayev, coach of UEFA Cup winners CSKA Moscow, will have a street named in his honour in his native Caucasus region. On Wednesday Gazzayev became the first Russian coach to win a major European trophy when his team beat Sporting 3-1 in the...

Valery Gazzayev, coach of UEFA Cup winners CSKA Moscow, will have a street named in his honour in his native Caucasus region.

On Wednesday Gazzayev became the first Russian coach to win a major European trophy when his team beat Sporting 3-1 in the UEFA Cup final in their own Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon.

Media reports quoted the head of Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region as saying he wants one of the streets in the regional capital named after the 50-year-old coach.

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