Dominique Jean-Zéphirin was accused of match-fixing while playing at Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël. Following this denunciation, a former teammate of the latter in the National Selection came out of his silence to say everything the goalkeeper used to do in the National Selection concerning the international matches of the Grenadiers. Good reading.
At the beginning of April, the name of the former goalkeeper of the Senior National Selection Dominique Jean-Zéphirin was mentioned in the case of a rigged match between Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël and Colomiers. The information suggested that the former porter of the Grenadiers would be at the origin of the arrangement. He would have even been approached, a week before, to ease off against Dunkirk. Except that his teammates, despite an offer of 10,000 euros per head, would not have followed. The name of Dominique Jean-Zéphirin was mentioned in a book by Wilson Raj Perumal, a man boasting of being the biggest football match-maker. The latter, of Singaporean nationality, claims to have often used Jean-Zéphirin as an intermediary.
At the level of the National Selection, the goalkeeper Zéphirin made mistakes by conceding stupid goals. Sometimes it was mentioned that he has a problem with his vision and superstitious fanatics would put forward mystical reasons within the group to justify all his gross mistakes. But how is it, the clubs he played in Europe (France and England) had never seen that he has a vision problem? Dominique Jean-Zéphirin had he rigged his matches in the Selection? A former teammate of the goalkeeper in the National Selection says that most of the matches of the National Selection were rigged by the latter.
“Dominique didn’t have a vision problem. When he made his mistakes, it was on purpose. He knew what he was doing. He was not the only one in the group but he was the arranger. On March 31, 2009 in a friendly, Panama defeated Haiti (4-0) and this match was rigged. The match against Argentina (4-0) in May 2010 was distorted by him and poor Pierre Richard Bruny who were criticized for his mistake while playing with his heart not Zéphirin. You remember the friendly match against Colombia in February 2009 that we lost (2-0), the Haitian team found a penalty and Zéphirin took the ball to kick the leather and he missed his attempt by stumbling. What had provoked the anger of Boucicaut. Too bad for the former glory of Violette AC, he did not know that the arrangement had already been made so that the match ended with a score of two to zero – we can read an article entitled “A crook in the Haitian Selection? »On this match which was published on November 22, 2014 on sakapfet.com by Rigaud Pierre. The draw (2-2) against Jamaica on May 23, 2009 was cheated. Haiti had lost a friendly match against an African team whose name I do not remember (3-0). For this meeting there were no local players. During the Gold Cup 2009, he had already informed me of the score of the match against the United States of America (2-2). When the match was 2-1 in favor of our selection everyone prayed that the match would end with this score.
Responding to the question if Monès Chéry’s goal was part of the match, he replied that “it was a superb goal even if he had not scored another player would do it anyway. The meeting had to end (2-2). We must not forget that the United States were already qualified for the second round of the competition ”.
“I was penalized by the Mafiosi”
“I was the bête noire of mafia trainers. They said I was a player to avoid because I knew what they were doing with the doorman. They didn’t want me to open other people’s eyes. Therefore, I was still on the bench. Despite the interventions of the then technical director nothing has changed for me within the group. I remember that the former Brazilian coach of the Selection Edson Tavarez called me one day to tell me why I sent the technical director to him to defend my start. I answered him that I never spoke to the technical director and besides it is his right to approach it. This Brazilian coach had a serious problem with me because I had too much information about him, ”he said.
Were Federation officials aware of these arrangements?
The former Haitian international does not go all the way to say that Haitian football officials knew nothing of what was being done. “Each time, I told them (members of the FHF) that if I had the power I would put several expatriates in prison. They would tell me that I am crazy and that I always said meaningless things. They were unaware that a group of players made their butter with the Selection by rigging matches ”.
Why was the match against Iraq in 2012 canceled?
On August 15, 2012, the Senior National Selection should meet its Iraqi counterpart in a friendly manner, but to everyone’s surprise this match was canceled. Even the technical director Wilner Étienne was astonished and he had declared on Magik9 in the Sunday program “l’Apéritif des Sportifs” that “everything was acquired for the organization of this test match against Iraq. We were able to allow players to withdraw their American visas and we were about to do the same with the French Embassy. The cancellation of this match was explained by the fact that we could not find a place to play it “see the article entitled” The friendly Haiti-Iraq match canceled “published in the newspaper Le Nouvelliste on August 14 2102. But, what caused the cancellation of this match?
The former Haitian international revealed that the match against Iraq was canceled by Dominique Jean-Zéphirin because he could not rig the match due to a very powerful member of the Haitian Football Federation. had overheard in conversation with a dubious character. Afterwards, this very powerful leader in a meeting asked the group to beware of certain characters who tried to approach them.
“During this meeting, Zéphirin was shaking because he didn’t really understand Creole. He was asking me to translate for him and what I did. After the meeting, he went to his room and he called the dubious character to suggest that he cancel the match and it was done because he could not fake it, ”revealed this beloved international in the Haitian football.
Are there still cheaters within the Grenadiers?
In the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, on December 12, 2012, the Senior National Selection had pitifully lost its meeting against Antigua (1-0) following a mistake by Johny Placide while Dominique Jean-Zéphirin was the second goalkeeper. The same Placide made several blunders in the Selection against Costa Rica, Jamaica to name only these two meetings. Can we argue that there are other match-fixing players within the Selection? As we approach the Copa America Centenario, where the matches would attract the big bettors,
Gerald Bordes
