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News in the Fifa ranking: How is Guatemala and the rest of Central America?
This April 4, Fifa updated its ranking of national teams. Find out how Guatemala and the rest of Central America are doing.
José Ardón of Guatemala shows his frustration following missing a goal during a friendly match between the Guatemalan and Venezuelan national teams. (Free Press Photo: EFE)
Luis Fernando Tena’s Guatemala National Team is still unable to advance positions in the Fifa ranking in which Lionel Messi’s Argentina is the leader.
On April 4, Fifa published the latest update of its national team ranking following completing 174 international matches in the month of March between World Cup qualifying matches, the Concacaf Nations League and friendlies.
At the top of the ranking The top 10 remains with the same selections, but there were changes in the order. Argentina and France remain first and second, while Belgium rose to third position at the expense of England.
Brazil is fifth and Portugal follows following moving up one place. Seventh is the Netherlands, while Spain, Italy and Croatia close the top 10.
The Selection of Guatemala, for its part, remains in 108th place following having added 0.11 points. following the friendlies once morest Ecuador and Venezuela in the United States last March. However, despite not undergoing a change in his position, The bicolor did approach Trinidad and Tobago.
This is because the Caribbean team lost two positions in the ranking. It went from being 96th in the world to 98th.
The rest of the Central American teams did not do so well on the Fifa date and except for Costa Rica, which rose, and Guatemala and El Salvador that remained, all descended.
Panama dropped one place and is now 45th, however, it remains the best in Central America. Costa Rica, for its part, climbed two places and is now 52nd.
El Salvador continues as 81 and one of the most dramatic declines was experienced by Honduras, which went from 78 to 82. Nicaragua, for its part, fell one place and is now 135.
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