And while I mean no disrespect in Mexico’s victories, it’s not the same when games mean something. Now, if you ask me, those are much tougher matchups than facing South Korea and Japan in friendly, non-pressure games. Their two ensuing matches were part of the UEFA Nations League A schedule, where they fell to both Sweden and Portugal by a one goal difference. a feisty Turkey NT, where the match ended 3-3. The Croatians, on the other hand, played three matches. Both matches were 2022 WC CONMEBOL Qualifiers. On the one hand, Colombia faced a fellow top-10 team in Uruguay which they lost on Friday by 3-0, followed by an ugly 6-1 thrashing to the hands of Ecuador on Tuesday. The two teams that Mexico moved ahead of are Colombia and Croatia. While it is indeed great news that the Mexican NT is being noticed and is showing top-quality form, I also am a firm believer of truly earning those kinds of merits. Thanks to their two friendly match victories, Mexico have jumped two spots and will now be ranked 9 th in the world. Yesterday, Spanish journalist Alexis Martín-Tamayo revealed the updated top 80 FIFA world rankings which are set to be released on November 26. odkRj6ltC0- MisterChip (Alexis) November 19, 2020 The fact that some of the European countries who have proven their worth time and time again continue to square off in the world’s toughest football zones (Europe and South America), and are always in the title conversation, have somehow taken a backseat to Mexico is simply beyond me.Īquí tenéis el TOP-80 del próximo Ranking FIFA que será publicado el 26 de noviembre. It’s no secret that winning a friendly match doesn’t involve the same level of intensity of difficulty than winning an official one does, such as a World Cup match. And I also can’t confirm that Mexico is indeed rightfully ahead of neither the Italians or the Germans who have maintained a certain quality and level of football throughout the years that Mexico have not been able to show even once in a World Cup. Tata Martino’s squad came into last Saturday’s match in the 11 th overall FIFA world ranking, behind the world’s obvious best teams, but surprisingly in front of countries such as Italy, Germany, and one of their recent victims, the Netherlands, who I still believe would have done a better job had their friendly match been an official one.
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Mexico understood how to play both games, and were able to assert themselves when it mattered most, and one could say they ended up winning both matches rather easily, as they were never truly tested, at least not in the way they were last month when matching up with Netherlands and Algeria. While defeating both South Korea and Japan (3rd and 1st highest FIFA ranked countries in Asia, respectively) was no easy task, it wasn’t a ground-breaking achievement either.