The Russian national team with 1493.42 points dropped to 34th place in the ranking of the International Football Federation (FIFA). The Russian national team is ahead of the Australian team (1484.88 points) and is inferior to South Korea (1507.24). Changes also took place in the top five of the ranking: the Italian national team was eliminated from the top 5, while Argentina entered it.
Top 5 teams in the ranking:
- Belgium – 1828.45 points;
- Brazil – 1826.35 points;
- France – 1786.15 points;
- England – 1755.52 points;
- Argentina – 1750.51 points.
In November, the Russian national team defeated the Cyprus national team (6: 0) in the qualifying tournament of the 2022 World Cup and lost in the match with Croatia (0: 1). The Russian team lost the opportunity to directly qualify for the 2022 World Cup.
In the play-off matches, the Russian national team can play with the national team of North Macedonia, Portugal, Sweden, Italy, Wales, Czech Republic, Scotland, Poland, Austria, Turkey. The Ukrainian national team has guaranteed itself participation in the play-off matches, but the Russia-Ukraine match will be impossible: the teams will be scouted at the draw.
About the game of Russian footballers – in the material of “Kommersant” “The Russian national team did not have enough rain for a dry score.”
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