Football and mathematics can hardly come to an agreement. Argentina won the World Cup in Qatar, but it is not the best team in the world. At least that’s what the FIFA ranking shows. The football’s largest governing body drew a line after the final in Doha, and in the first ranking after the end of the competition, the Argentines are only second. Believe it or not, they are behind the Brazilians who remain the leaders, regardless of the fact that they left Doha after being eliminated in the quarter-finals.On top of the world and up to second in the #FIFARanking 🇦🇷📈Here’s how the top 10 nations look after #Qatar2022— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 22, 2022 Argentina did move up by one place compared to the previous list, published in October, and the reason that Messi and co. are not the first in rankings is the complex mathematical formula. It calculates everything and it calculates on a large sample of matches and it is difficult to understand (and even more difficult to explain). Messi’s emotional message to fans, teammates and MaradonaThe previous world champion France are also up by one position, the Netherlands by two, while Croatia made the biggest breakthrough, with another placement in the semi-finals, moving from 12th to seventh position. The most regressed were the Spaniards, who dropped three steps, and now they are tenth. The selection that delighted the planet, Morocco, jumped from 22nd to 11th place, while European champions Italians also dropped two places, since they missed the World Cup. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6899954##THE FIFA RANKING LIST:1. Brazil2. Argentina3. France4. Belgium5. England6. The Netherlands7. Croatia8. Italy9. Portugal10. Spain
