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Nigeria rolls to 6-1 win over Tahiti at Confed Cup

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Nigeria's Nnamdi Oduamadi (R) scores during the FIFA's Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 match against Tahiti, held at Mineirao Stadium, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on Sunday. Photo: Xinhua

Nigeria rolled to a 6-1 victory at Confederations Cup on Monday over Tahaiti, which was making its debut at a major Fifa tournament.

Nnamdi Oduamadi scored a hat trick for the African champions, while Elderson Echiejile added two more goals.

Still, the team from the South Pacific may have had the game’s best moment.

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Jonathan Tehau headed the ball into the net early in the second half, cutting the deficit to 3-1. The Tahitians then celebrated by pretending to row a boat together.

The goal generated the biggest cheers of the match at the Mineirao Stadium, where the local Brazilians adopted Tahiti as their team while jeering the Nigerians.

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Tahiti, 138th in the Fifa rankings, is used to playing in front of a few hundred players. But thousands were watching in Belo Horizonte and millions more on television.

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