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Portsmouth's Aruna Dindane has thanked team-mate Kevin-Prince Boateng after he scored his first English hat-trick. Pompey enjoyed a comfortable 4-0 home win against Wigan Athletic, their first of the season, with Dindane netting a hat-trick and Frederic Piquionne also on the scoresheet at Fratton Park. Dindane scored his third in the dying seconds of the match when former Tottenham Hotspur man Boateng handed him the ball to take a penalty after Emmerson Boyce fouled Kanu. "Prince said to me, 'Take it for your hat-trick. Take the ball and score'," said Dindane. "For a striker, football is all about confidence. It's difficult if you haven't got confidence. But everyone here at the club has helped me so much so I'm very happy for them. "The confidence has come for me and Frederic Piquionne - and we can do better." Boateng is expected to be cleared by Fifa before the end of the year after switching nationality from Germany to Ghana.