The Argentine national team, which wrote one of the most glorious chapters in its history by consecrating itself as world champion in Qatar, climbed this Thursday to second place in the ranking compiled by FIFA.
The first the position in that list of teams is occupied by Brazildespite being eliminated on penalties in the quarter-final against Croatia.
The team that until a few weeks ago was led by Tite leads the standings with 1,840.77 points, followed by the Albiceleste team, with 1,838.38.
As reported by FIFA, if the Lionel Messi team beat France in regular time or after extra time, those of Scaloni would occupy the first place.
France, who lost the breathtaking final against Argentina at the Lusail stadium, were unable to defend their world title won in Russia in 2018, but still moved up one place.
Furthermore, Morocco, great surprise of Qatar, where it finished fourth after eliminating Spain and Portugal on its way to the semifinals, the one that climbs the most positions, with eleven positions since the last update, placing itself at the gates of the top-10 (eleventh place) and in progress the team that scored the most points with 108.85.
While Spain, who had an excellent start to the World Cup but said goodbye to the round of 16 when they fell on penalties to Morocco, he lost three positions and is now in tenth position.
The biggest drop in places is Canada, with 12, who left Qatar 2022 without scoring points, scoring two goals and conceding seven. On points, Denmark, even after signing a disappointing World Cup with a draw and two defeats, lost 58.46.
The Danish team loses its place in the top-10, falling to 18th place, and Croatia enters the top ten, occupying the seventh position.
Within the top-10, two other major declines are those of Belgium, eliminated in the group stage, and Italy, which did not qualify for Qatar. Both picks lost two spots.
The top 10 positions in the FIFA rankings
-1 Brazil: 1840.77 points
– 2. Argentina: 1838.38 points
– 3. France: 1823.39 points
– 4. Belgium: 1781.30 points
– 5. England: 1774.19 points
– 6. Netherlands: 1740.92 points
– 7. Croatia: 1727.52 points
– 8. Italy: 1723.56 points
– 9. Portugal: 1702.54 points
– 10. Spain: 1692.71.
Source: Clarin
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