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World Cup Countdown: 11 Weeks to Go - Haiti, the Nation That Stole Germany's Heart

In 1974, West Germany played host to the memorable World Cup of Johan Cruyff and Franz Beckenbauer. However, there were other heroes that year; men from a small Caribbean nation who briefly stole the hearts of a watching world.

Haiti, a territory that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic to its east, became only the second country from their small corner of the globe to feature in football's summer festival.

"It was extraordinary", Haitian defender Serge Racine, who was part of the squad which travelled to Munich in 1974, explained. "There were people who didn't know Haiti existed; people were asking us where Haiti was.