The Argentine national team, a shot from Brazil: what does it take to be 1st in the FIFA ranking?

Three months after winning the World Cup in Qatar, the party doesn’t stop. The emotional celebration at the Monumental stadium, the christening of the AFA ownership in recognition of Lionel Andrés Messi, the intimate and pure celebration of the cumbia at dawn on Sunday and, now, the real possibility that the The Argentine team recovers the first position in the FIFA rankings starting with the next update in early April.

What must happen? Basically that place is already from La Scaloneta. Is that the victory against Panama last Thursday at the Monumental with goals from Thiago Almada and the 800 by Messigave the Albiceleste the score needed to overtake the current leaders Brazilwho lost against Morocco in Tangier on Saturday, without Neymar and with interim DT after the departure of Tité.

The scoring system used by FIFA is extremely complex, as it depends on historical results, a ranking that depends on the position in the ranking of rivals and also participation in the World Cup, among other elements.

According to this assessment, Brazil lost 6.56 points for their 1-2 draw against Morocco (11th) to finish with 1834.2 and Argentina reaches 1839.9 thanks to the 1.52 that gave them the victory over Panama, 61st in the standings.

Given that there is still one game to play in this first window of 2023, Argentina already know what they have to be out of reach for Brazil (who did not agree to a second official friendly match) e Francesecond in Qatar 2022 and third in the FIFA ranking: the Albiceleste must overcome Curaçao on Tuesday in Santiago del Estero.

With that result I might add 1.04 extra points to reach 1840.94 units. With a draw or a defeat, the loss of points would be very hard (3.96 with a draw and 8.96 with a defeat) and would give the possibility of The Blues – they banged Holland saturday and visit Ireland in Dublin for Euro 2024 qualifiers- to surprise and jump two steps in a window (they would come 1838.45).

The last time Argentina topped the men’s table was in 2016. At that time, the Albiceleste team was led by Edgardo Bauza and he assumed that position from April to December, thanks to winning ten of his fifteen games during the calendar year (three losses and two draws).

Curacao, the rival against whom he could hit the target next Tuesday, lost against Canada on Saturday and fell in the “B” of the League of Nations of Concacaf. It was 2-0 with goals from Jonathan David (23m) and Christopher Larín (43m), which will force the small island located in the Caribbean Sea, in the northern region of South America, to play the preliminaries to qualify for the Copa de Oro.

This is the Top Five of the FIFA ranking