On December 30, 1975, Oleg Blokhin acquired the Ballon d'Or as the most effective footballer in Europe. The Dynamo Kyiv striker was forward of Beckenbauer and Cruyff within the voting, scoring 122 factors.
On at the present time in 1975, the legendary former Dynamo Kyiv footballer and former Ukrainian nationwide workforce participant Oleh Blokhin gained the Golden Ball, the prize for the most effective participant in Europe. Blokhin grew to become the primary Ukrainian to realize this achievement. This was reported by the Ukrainian Soccer Affiliation, UNN studies.
"On December 30, 1975, the world noticed the New Yr's problem of France Soccer, which introduced the outcomes of the voting to find out the most effective soccer participant in Europe. The undisputed victory within the twentieth anniversary ballot was gained by the striker of Dynamo Kyiv and the USSR nationwide workforce Oleg Blokhin (122 factors), who defeated such world soccer stars as German Franz Beckenbauer (42 factors) and Dutchman Johan Cruyff (27 factors) within the vote, "the UAF stated.
Addendum
Within the 1974-1975 season, Dynamo Kyiv gained the USSR championship (the seventh title), the Cup Winners' Cup, and the UEFA Tremendous Cup.
Within the remaining of the Cup Winners' Cup, Dynamo defeated Hungarian Ferencvaros 3-0, with Oleh Blokhin scoring his workforce's third purpose.
In the identical 12 months, 1975, Dynamo defeated Bayern Munich within the UEFA Tremendous Cup by the sum of two matches – 3:0. Oleg Blokhin scored all three objectives.
These victories allowed the Ukrainian ahead to win the Ballon d'Or. After Lev Yashin, Blokhin grew to become the second Soviet footballer to win this prestigious award and the primary Ukrainian to realize this feat. Additionally in 1975, Blokhin grew to become the highest scorer within the USSR championship.
"I came upon in regards to the victory per week earlier than the New Yr. I feel I used to be sitting at residence – I had one thing unsuitable with my leg. I acquired a name from the editorial workplace of the newspaper Sovetsky Sport and was knowledgeable that I had gained the Golden Ball. At first I believed it was a New Yr's Eve joke. I couldn't rapidly confirm the veracity of this data by calling one of many Dynamo gamers – there have been no cell telephones in these years. Furthermore, everybody was on trip earlier than the New Yr. However when calls from completely different folks – colleagues, mates and journalists – began coming in, I instantly realized that I used to be not being performed," Blokhin stated earlier.
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