Date: 19-06-1974
Stage: first round
Place: MUNCHEN
Running time: 96 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9)
Commentary: MULTI: english/spanish(new)/stadium/polish
My rating: **
Notes: Lato,Szarmach,Deyna,Gadocha
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, 19 June 1974, 19:30
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 25,300
Meteo: Clear, mild, 20°C
POLAND
Jan Tomaszewski
Antoni Szymanowski
Jerzy Gorgoń
Władysław Żmuda
Adam Musiał
Henryk Kasperczak
Kazimierz Deyna (c)
Zygmunt Maszczyk
Grzegorz Lato
Andrzej Szarmach
Robert Gadocha
Coach: Kazimierz Górski (POL)
64′ ↓Zygmunt Maszczyk ↑Lesław Ćmikiewicz
72′ ↓Adam Musiał ↑Zbigniew Gut
HAITI
Henri Francillon
Fritz André
Arsène Auguste
Pierre Bayonne
Wilner Nazaire (c)
Eddy Antoine
Guy François
Philippe Vorbe
Jean-Claude Désir
Roger Saint-Vil
Emmanuel Sanon
Coach: Antoine Tassy (HAI)
71′ Pierre Bayonne
38′ ↓Fritz André ↑Claude Barthélemy
46′ ↓Roger Saint-Vil ↑Serge Racine
Referee: Govindasamy Suppiah (SIN)
Goals:
17′ Grzegorz Lato, POL
18′ Kazimierz Deyna, POL
30′ Andrzej Szarmach, POL
31′ Jerzy Gorgoń, POL
34′ Andrzej Szarmach, POL
50′ Andrzej Szarmach, POL
87′ Grzegorz Lato, POL
Match overview
Poland produced a dominant display, overwhelming Haiti 7-0 in Munich. Andrzej Szarmach scored a hat-trick, with Grzegorz Lato adding two goals and further strikes from Deyna and Gorgoń. The result confirmed Poland’s status as group favourites and eliminated Haiti from the tournament.
Trivia
This victory remains Poland’s largest ever World Cup win. Haiti, after their spirited display against Italy, were unable to contain the Polish attack, conceding three goals in four minutes in the first half.
