Today is a special day in the history of football for Dynamo fans. Exactly 48 years ago - on 30 December 1975, the legendary Dynamo forward Oleh Blokhin received the Golden Ball award from the French edition of France Football.
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Blokhin became the first footballer in Dynamo's history to win this prestigious individual award.
"I became aware of the victory a week before the New Year. I think I was sitting at home - I had something with my leg at the time. I got a phone call informing me about winning the Ballon d'Or. At first I thought it was a New Year's Eve joke. But when the calls from different people - colleagues, friends and journalists - started coming in, I realised straight away that I was not being joked about.
The team congratulated me and praised me: "Well done, you supported the team's reputation. After all, at that time we played for the honour of the club, we were a united team. In my success was the merit of the whole team, its head coach. "Golden Ball" is the prestige of Dynamo!", - said Blokhin.