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Nigeria's Nnamdi Oduamadi, right, scores his side's 5th goal past Tahiti's Xavier Samin during the soccer Confederations Cup group B match between Tahiti and Nigeria in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Eugenio Savio)
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