One month after the last international truce, FIFA officially updated its ranking of the best selections in the world on Thursday. And the big change expected for Portugal is now acted. At the last score, the Seleçao was seventh just two lengths from the Netherlands (1750.08 against 1752.44 points). But the League of Nations has been there …
In early June, in Munich, Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates actually created the sensation by winning the Final Four of the competition. After dominating Germany (2-1), with a decisive goal scored by “CR7”, the players of Roberto Martinez came to the end of Spain on penalties (2-2, 5-3 TAB). Two victories against top 10 teams who bring them big.
These successes allowed the Portuguese to grab 20.45 points and double the Dutch, who also recorded two victories but against much less rated opponents, Finland (2-0) and Malta (8-0). Result: here they are now sixth in the FIFA ranking with 1770.53 points on the clock and a place in the top 5 clearly in sight.
Portugal threatens Brazil
Fifth place is still owned by Brazil but the partners of Vinicius Jr, recently trained by Carlo Ancelotti, conceded a draw against the Ecuador (0-0) before hardly beat Paraguay (1-0). Their advance on Portugal is no longer due to much (1777.69 against 1770.53 points). To see what it will be in September, after the next deadlines.
The five -time Ballon d'Or and its team will start their qualification campaign at the 2026 World Cup by two games scheduled for September 6 and 9, respectively against Armenia and Hungary. The Auriverde, for their part, will face Chile and Bolivia. Two games without stake for them because they have already validated their ticket for the North American World Cup.
