Lionel Messi's Argentina on Thursday knocked Germany off top place in the Fifa world rankings despite having lost to their rivals in the World Cup final last year and to Chile in last weekend's Copa America.
Reaching the Copa final took the Argentines up two places to claim No 1 ranking for the first time in seven years.New South American champions Chile moved up eight places to number 11. Romania rose four places to 8th, England six places to ninth and Wales surged 12 positions after their European Championships qualifying win over Belgium to 10th place.
Nigeria who ranked 4nd in June fell to an all time low recent ranking dropping 14 places down to emerge as the 57th positioned team on the ranking.
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