FIFA ranking: Eagles crash

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have further crashed in this month World football governing body, FIFA ranking.
The three-time African champions dropped one spot to 51st on log released from Switzerland on Thursday.
Despite the Gernot Rohr’s men 4-2 win over former World champions, Argentina, in a friendly in Russia, the squad also plummeted to eighth position on the contingent.
With 640 points, Nigeria fell behind Senegal, Tunisia, Egypt, Congo DR, Morocco, Cameroon and Ghana in Africa.
Meanwhile, Germany are the World Ranking’s latest “Team of the Year”, having ended 2017 atop the global ladder.
The world champions, who qualified to defend their crown in Russia by winning all 10 of their qualifiers and have been unbeaten in 15 matches in 2017, succeed Argentina and Belgium, who were “Team of the Year” in 2016 and 2015 respectively.
Germany held on to top spot in a largely unchanged Ranking that reflects the fact that just 41 ‘A’ internationals have been played since the previous edition, and that few of those involved teams at the top end of the table.
The next world ranking is slated for January 18, 2018.