Updated FIFA rankings: disappointment for Spain and Argentina | OneFootball

After the suspension of the Finalissima, both La Albiceleste and La Roja lost places. Who is the new leader?

In a double international window that saw them scrambling to arrange friendlies at the last minute due to the suspension of the Finalissima, both Argentina and Spain ended up losing ground in the FIFA Rankings. The latest update pushed the world’s two best national teams down in a list that now has a new leader.

Now, sitting at the top is France, which had two demanding friendlies with happy endings. Les Bleus beat both Brazil and Colombia and earned more than 7 points thanks to the caliber of their opponents, allowing them to overtake La Roja and La Albiceleste.

Luis De La Fuente’s team has now dropped to second place. After gaining 1.94 points with the rout over Serbia in their first match, the draw against Egypt worked against them: they lost 2.73 points and, as a result, the top spot in the FIFA Rankings.

Argentina also won both of its exhibition matches, but the stature of its opponents did not allow it to add many points. They earned 0.63 for the 2-1 win over Mauritania and 0.86 for the 5-0 victory over Zambia. Lionel Scaloni’s side is now third, after having been top for much of the post-World Cup period.

Argentina will arrive at the 2026 World Cup in the same FIFA Ranking position it had going into Qatar 2022

The truth is that the Argentina national team will once again go into a World Cup on the lowest step of the FIFA Rankings podium, just as it did for Qatar 2022. At that time, the teams ahead of it were Brazil and Belgium.

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