 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Streltsov akabudirira kuzvisimbisa pachake muchikwata cheSoviet mugore rakatevera, sezvo akaonekwa mumitambo misere yakateedzana yeUSSR, kutanga nekukunda 20 kushamwaridzana neScotland muGlasgow muna Chivabvu 1967. Akarova zvibodzwa zviviri panguva iyi mumutambo wenyika: imwe neimwe mukukunda kwe4x2 kurwisa France muParis musi wa3 Chikumi 1967 uye 4x3 European Championship yekukodzera kukunda kumba pamusoro peAustria mazuva masere gare gare. Pashure pokurasikirwa nenzvimbo yake nokuda kwe 1968 European Championshipmumutambo wokugadzirira kurwisa Finland musi wa 30 Nyamavhuvhu 1967, Streltsov akarasikirwa nemitambo mitatu yeSoviet Union. Akatorazve nzvimbo yake yemutambo wekushamwaridzana neBulgaria musi wa8 Gumiguru, achihwina zvibodzwa sezvo maSoviet akarwa kubva pa1-0 kuti anyore kukunda kwe2-1. Akachengetedza nzvimbo yake kwegore rose rekarenda, uye akarova hat-trick kure neChile musi wa17 Zvita. Akasarudzwa Soviet Footballer of the Year pakupera kwemwaka, kunyange zvazvo akawana zvibodzwa zvitanhatu zveligi zvakaderera muna 1967, zvakaderera kwazvo mumwaka wakazara kubvira gore rake rekutanga ra1954. 