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Russia's Alexander Kokorin, centre, celebrates his goal with team mates during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Israel at the Petrovsky Stadium in St. Petersburg, September 10, 2013.ALEXANDER DEMIANCHUK/Reuters

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Russia's Aleksandr Kerzhakov, left, fights for the ball with Israel's goalkeeper Dudu Aouate during the World Cup group F qualifying soccer match between Russia and Israel in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013.Dmitry Lovetsky/The Associated Press

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Egypt's head coach Bob Bradley of the U.S. stands in from of riot police during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Guinea at El-Gouna stadium in Hurghada, about 464 km from the capital Cairo September 10, 2013.AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/Reuters

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Egypt's fans watch from behind a fence during the 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Guinea.AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/Reuters

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Egypt's Mohamed Aboutrika, left, fights for the ball with Guinea's Habib Balde during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at El-Gouna stadium in Hurghada.AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/Reuters

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Georgia's Alexander Kobakhidze, right, fights for the ball with Finland's Teemu Tainio during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Tbilisi September 10, 2013.DAVID MDZINARISHVILI/Reuters

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Finland's Teemu Pukki reacts after he failed to score against Georgia during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Tbilisi September 10, 2013.DAVID MDZINARISHVILI/Reuters

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Switzerland`s Valon Behrami fights for the ball with Norway's Daniel Braathen during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Oslo September 10, 2013.SCANPIX/Reuters

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Finland's Roman Eremenko (back) scores a penalty shot past Georgia's goalkeeper Nukri Revishvili during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Tbilisi September 10, 2013.DAVID MDZINARISHVILI/Reuters

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Turkey's goalkeeper Volkan Demirel jumps for the ball with Romania's Bogdan Stancu during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at National Arena in Bucharest September 10, 2013.BOGDAN CRISTEL/Reuters

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Balazs Dzsudzsak of Hungary, left, is challenged by Enar Jaager of Estonia during their 2014 World Cup 2014 qualifying soccer match in Budapest September 10, 2013.BERNADETT SZABO/Reuters

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Ukraine's Yevhen Khacheridi, left, goes for a header with England's goalkeeper Joe Hart, far right, James Milner, Ashley Cole and Gary Cahill during the 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Olympic stadium in Kiev September 10, 2013.GLEB GARANICH/Reuters

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Ireland's Robbie Keane, left, challenges Austria's Julian Baumgartlinger during their World Cup qualifying soccer match in Vienna September 10, 2013.HEINZ-PETER BADER/Reuters

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Ireland's James McCarthy, right, challenges Austria's David Alaba during their World Cup qualifying soccer match in Vienna September 10, 2013.HEINZ-PETER BADER/Reuters

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Shirtless soccer fans of Romania cheer for the team during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Turkey at the National Arena in Bucharest September 10, 2013.BOGDAN CRISTEL/Reuters

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Bulgaria's Radoslav Dimitrov, centre, runs with the ball away from Malta's Clayton Failla before shooting to score a goal during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the National Stadium in Ta' Qali, outside Valletta, September 10, 2013.DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI/Reuters

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Kazakhstan's Valeri Korobkin, left, chases Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Astana Arena stadium in Astana September 10, 2013.SHAMIL ZHUMATOV/Reuters

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Belarus' Timofei Kalachev, right, goes for a header with France's Gael Clichy during the 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Gomel September 10, 2013.VASILY FEDOSENKO/Reuters

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Slovakia's Marek Hamsik celebrates after scoring a goal against Bosnia during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Zilina September 10, 2013.RADOVAN STOKLASA/Reuters

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Italy's Mario Balotelli, left, heads the ball next to Czech Republic's Tomas Sivok during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Juventus stadium in Turin, September 10, 2013.Reuters

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