He won the Golden Ball at the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship and he was declared the best player of the competition.
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He was the recipient of the tournament's Golden Ball, over the likes of Ronaldinho, Gabriel Milito and Sebastian Deisler; Spain finished third.
The Child Ballad The Maid Freed from the Gallows has been retold in fairy tale form, focusing on the exploits of the fiancé who must recover a golden ball to save his love from the noose, and the incidents strongly resemble this tale.
Rector's Sceptre (designed by MgA. Jan Hásek) is shaped as a linden leaf, in the centre of which a shiny golden ball is situated.