Sleeper Hit History #1: Haiti and Zaire at the 1974 World Cup

[@maseratip.7848]

Haiti has a so powerful culture, it’s too bad that they are where they’re at right now. Such powerful people! If only they could reunite, even the US couldn’t stand before them, that’s why they do everything to keep them like that.

[@aubsta1]

I was a kid in Port-au-Prince, Haiti when Emmanuel (Manno) Sanon scored. I'll never forget that moment!

[@SleeperHitHistory]

Must have been so exciting!

[@aubsta1]

@@SleeperHitHistory Most of our neighbors listened the game on the radio. Luckily, we had a TV and nearly two dozen fanatics gathered in our small living room to watch the game. When Manno scored, we all went nuts! I still remember the announcer’s call: “Buuut! Un but pour Haïti! Un but pour Haïti! (Gooooal! A goal for Haiti! A goal for Haiti”!

[@SleeperHitHistory]

@@aubsta1 Sounds amazing! I got to see part of the Brazil-Croatia game when I was in Port-au-Prince during the 2014 World Cup. Great community feeling!

[@blackmamba3637]

We as a people do not care what racist fifa members,journalists and players particularly franz beckenbauer had to say! Racism has always been and always will be foot-ball biggest problem sadly! What an embarrassment indeed and ask them if they care ! The 1974 world cup was everything to us regardless of the outcome. We're talking about West Germany the home of Adolf Hitler and their neighbors were just as bad.

[@matthewbogart4183]

1974 was my first World Cup, it was because of these no hoper nations that made me become a real fan of the competition. These nations belong to a “World Cup “ and they truly make it seem that the entire world come together to compete with each other. The best will always end up winning but for me watching teams from unknown parts was as exciting to me as watching the best footballing nations. For me that is what the World Cup is about , not being the best , but a celebration of a game that is played by almost everyone on earth.

[@michaelw6422]

Well done on the video... Excellently researched and edited. I was pleasantly surprised after I didn't search for it. Ha. Subbed

[@Ai14106]

Then in 78 Tunisia won first game for an African team. 82 Algeria beat west Germany and Cameron did a great showing, 86 Morocco won their group with 3 Europeans, 90 Cameron made it to the quarter finals and so forth with Morocco making it to the semi finals in 2022. Zaire and Haiti crawled so the rest of Africa could run

[@myriellephilistin689]

Haiti is first in many things look at 1st Black semi finalist and finalist in miss Universe so beautiful ❤❤❤❤

[@jamsonleandre823]

Everybody knows why the hate Haïti so bad. All European countries are cousins ok , now they will never forgive haiti for defeating their cousin napoleon if you think that I'm lying ask usa specifically their 33rd president francklin delano roosvelt.

[@zipork]

Oh pardon faut arrêter avec cette messe! C'est du passé ça. Concentrons nous sur l'avenir. La victoire sur Napoleon est un aquis. Seul le futur est plus important. Il faut travailler pour ameliorer les conditions de vie de la communauté

[@jamsonleandre823]

@@zipork comment construire l'avenir quand c'est le colon qui chosit nos dirigeants? Comment panser le future quand dans un systeme global ou tous les grands sont contre vous pour avoir osé prendre sa propre liberté ? Si nous pouvions palnifier le future comme tu le pretends aussi facile pourquoi Aristide a eu 2 coups d'etat? Comme tu sais pas , demande donc a la France, USA, puis le Canada. Car ceux eux autre le corp groupe. En passant es tu haitien?

[@zipork]

@@jamsonleandre823 non je suis un Camerounais qui adore bcp Haïti. Tout ce que tu dis est vrai. Mais regardons la chine. Hier ils étaient comme nous. regarde aujourd'hui où ils en sont. Le peuple noir en est capable. Ça Haïti nous l'a prouvé en arrachant son indépendance. Il nous faut juste rémuer les meninges. En passant Haïti est le premier pays noir qui m'a fasciné au monde.

[@jamsonleandre823]

@@zipork ok frere je te comprends sauf qu'il y a bien de choses que tu sais pas. Plus qu'un million de fois que j'ai tenté de faire une Croix sur ce pays mais j'arrive pas. Mon frere le changement d'Haiti n'est pas pour demain, ce que je ne souhaite pas mais on direct sauf quelques du genre qui etait arrivé a Wanda pourrait eveiller la conscience haitienne. Je sais que tu comprends pas mais j'ai poutant dit vrai

[@zipork]

@@jamsonleandre823 c'est vrai qu'il ya des choses sur Haïti que j'ignore. Mais ayant eu la chance de visiter l'île je peux tout de même me permetre de dire que j'ai Bien boufé l'histoire d'haiti. C'est pourquoi je comprend Bien Ton Point de Vu. Mais je pense qu'on ne devrait pas rester dans ce monde en victime resigné. La preuve la victoire sur Napoleon, n'était point imaginable. Mais les Noirs en Haïti l'ont fait.

[@DieFilmshow]

This is a very very good video. Thank you

[@SleeperHitHistory]

You are welcome!

[@alexandrelescot9703]

WoW Thanks for this great video 🙏

[@gladysxx2258]

Wow! this is a good video. good job finding those articles. 5 stars video. You should change your name to Seeker....

[@gerardonochie3408]

The truth cannot be hidden. Well researched.

[@lefeuillettement]

Zaïre were not as weak as it seems to be , before their second match they realized that their local politicians never given to them the money that all the country gave to motivate them. then they have decided to sabotage the competition , if you see video of the game against Yugoslavia you'll realize that the players didn't run and were giving Yugoslavian players the ball. I'm not saying that they should win that match , I'm just saying that the wouldn't be humiliated like that with the 9-0 and Thank you for the video, you did a great Job 👏👏👏

[@sandr6769]

While Zaire and Haiti weren't that terrible as the public thought, they were obviously the weakest teams in the tournament. I think the key to their performance was mainly due to underestimation of their true quality. Poland and Yugoslavia were really composed teams from every point of view and really didn't take any game as granted on that tournament, unlike bigger more acknowlegded teams.

[@lavalaspoulavi922]

Mwen son ansyen jwè seleksyon nasyonal ayisyenne⚽ mw fin gade video a mw pa konnen kisa poum mete anbal,😭sof ke aprè bresil kem sipote nan coup du mond,2eme peyi a se Almangne,men aprè fin tande deklarasyon capi-tain Allemagne la mw tou retire Allemagne nan kòlet mw... Viv haiti 🇭🇹⚽

[@mariosaintlouis2059]

Kisa capitain almagne nan t di.....

[@jrdesvarieux5524]

SHH in the name of Haiti thank you. World, Haiti loves you!

[@SleeperHitHistory]

Pa gen pwoblèm!

[@pauleliezer3773]

They do like saying Ayiti the poorest country in the world nothing historical.

[@jahhaitian]

Great Video

[@jamsonleandre823]

Appreciate it thanks!

[@buba7775]

:D

[@ricky8598]

Manno sanon meyè jwè Ayisyen de tou letan 🙏❤️

[@margueritefleuronvil8963]

Thanks for the video

[@SleeperHitHistory]

No problem!

[@ps-kc8ye]

GOD BLESS HAITI🙏❤❤❤❤

[@haitilib]

wow thank you 🙏 for those informations. we can see how the europeans were Racism. Haiti and Zaire weren’t belong to the tournament, hmmm. thank you for the details, this is the first time that i heard them.

[@inspirasibondaresources4942]

Emmanuel Sanon of Haiti..

[@sebastienraymond9534]

wait the first black team what about Brasil ???

[@SleeperHitHistory]

Good point. I touch on this @1:50. Brazil fielded many excellent Black players at the World Cup but never had an entirely Black squad, nor are they a majority Black nation. Haiti and Zaire were the first Black majority nations to send teams to the Finals.

[@zipork]

@@SleeperHitHistory that's exactly the point!

[@pierrejasminpilorge8855]

Brazil gets many black players, but it's not a black nation......

[@rolady1]

@@pierrejasminpilorge8855 Brazil is not a white nation either, Its a mix nation

[@pauldefay2825]

Although brazil is a nation with different and mixed demographics, it is 54% black. So it's a majority black nation.

[@discodavid26]

For me a World Cup should have a least one national team from all six confederations …… but after that and a single host team I only want the top 25 teams … regardless off where in the world their come from.

[@ricky8598]

Manno 🙏

[@margueritefleuronvil8963]

Go paradise haiti. We shall overcome...... ayibobo bilolo aoochenago hotep

[@clintonalleyne5719]

How did haiti qualify?

[@SleeperHitHistory]

They qualified by winning the 1973 CONCACAF Championship. The tournament was held in Haiti, so many have suggested that there was foul play involved in Haiti's qualifying wins. But it's important to recall that Haiti placed second in both the 1970 WC Qualifiers (winning games in the USA, El Salvador and Haiti) and in the 1977 CONCACAF tournament (held in Mexico), meaning they came very close to qualifying for Mexico 1970 and Argentina 1978. They also placed second in the 1971 CONCACAF Championship in Trinidad & Tobago, which wasn't a WC qualifier but featured the same coach and a lot of the same players as 1974. They were a good team.

[@clintonalleyne5719]

@@SleeperHitHistory ha ha ha i was being sarcastic. Trinidad and Tobago hit Haiti 5 goals on the day four disallowed. Match officials banned for life.

[@SleeperHitHistory]

@@clintonalleyne5719 Yep, that's the narrative. It ties into the whole narrative that I'm disputing here-that Haiti didn't belong at the WC. But you can't say the one match against T&T was the only reason they qualified. It was the 5th match out of 15 in the tournament, and Henriquez only reffed the one match. Both teams played 4 other games and Haiti did well. The Haitian team was good. You can't peg their whole qualification on one corrupt ref.

[@rodneyjean-baptiste4567]

We qualify after a long campaign in the CONCACAF region. It was 1 out of 36 teams. Thus, it was very difficult to qualify. However, the final stage was played in PAP, Haiti in December 1973 including Haiti, Trinidad, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Netherland Antilles by order of ranking. USA and Canada were eliminated in the preliminary phases. 4 Years earlier in 1969, we missed the best world cup final by losing to Salvador. 1st game in Haiti: Salvador 2, Haiti 1. Second game in Salvador: Haiti 3, Salvador 0., Third game: Salvador 1, Haiti 0 in extra time. Somehow we had to play another game in Jamaica on a neutral place since they did not count goal difference. We were also in second place in 1977, when Mexico qualified. So, Haiti did very well until 1982.

[@Artur-vh3nk]

Poland and Yugoslavia - eastern european country's ...omg.

[@coffeecigarettes9422]

From a political perspective in 1974 Poland and Yugoslavia were indeed parts of the Eastern World because of the communist governments. YU was not even a real ally of the USSR, I know, nevertheless the political ideology was the key point to be called either a Western or Eastern country, expecially in Europe. Greece and Turkey for example were called as Western countries.

[@Artur-vh3nk]

@@coffeecigarettes9422 From political perspective - yes. But here is "eastern EUROPEAN country", not Eastern World.

[@aubsta1]

That is a correct statement for the time

[@ZeSvenska1982]

Fascists , rascists ,antisemitic, untolerance!

[@jeangermain3621]

Ogey moun sa yo gen pou temine!!!!!!

[@ps-kc8ye]

GOD BLESS HAITI👍😁♥️🇭🇹

[@Dk-dg8du]

Congo 🇨🇩

[@billsoldsoncastoroficial]

An ale Haiti 🇭🇹🌐🛑

[@jacksonjoseph1344]

🇭🇹🇭🇹

[@benelnerestant2294]

Haïti cherie

[@ricardovelasco3976]

Definitively among the very weakest Teams to have ever played in a World Cup Finals in modern times, especially Zaire.

[@tiagos5804]

Zaire is still the funniest team i've ever seen playing.

[@M.Robespierre3691]

So here again we see how evil and suspicious the western world is. And again, in keeping with the times, the explanation for everything is racism. Comparing Haiti´s and Zaire´s results with Brazil´s 1-7 defeat to Germany is ridiculous. And yes, Australia was more successfull than Zaire and Haiti - they got more points and a much better goal difference. The fact that Haiti scored more goals is irrelevant in this context. The overall performances of Haiti and Zaire were just poor (whatever the reasons), and pointing this out is not racist but a simple fact. This video represents the typical woke,self hating ideals of a leftist agenda.

[@Abyxxium]

Yom yawo, who let you out of the flat earth convention? You have to ignore the entire history of the western world to validate your worldview. Good luck with that ✌️

[@jamesdonlolo6758]

Did you watch the same video ? Australia scored no goals. East Germany and Chile were not soccer powerhouses. West Germany was the only good team in Australia's group. Haiti lost one of its best player before the Poland's game Haiti scored against both Italy (Dino Zoff had a clean record before facing Haiti and Emmanuel Sanon) and Argentina Argentina ended up hosting and winning 1978 World Cup.

[@AntonesPap]

@@jamesdonlolo6758 By their own standards, Argentina & Italy had mediocre teams in 1974. East Germany had their best team ever & actually beat hosts & eventual world champions West Germany. Haiti & Zaire would probably not have been heavily defeated by Poland & Yugoslavia, if they weren't plagued by internal problems. However, I don't think they could have done much better than they actually did.

[@jj007104]

I guess the fact that the media buried both Haiti and Zaire before the competition even started and quibbed about monkeys and Haiti's stigmatized religion while falsely claiming Australia's natives were all from Europe doesn't hint at any racism...nah the narrator is the racist as you're suggesting, that's the problem with the western world...right

[@firstklassfitness9364]

That's all most of y'all do tear countries down and propaganda, that is a freaking poor you tube video

[@SleeperHitHistory]

Sorry, what?