It is said a lot that there are no world champions of friendlies, that the points won in those preparatory games do not go to any table and that, beyond gaining work time in a team, which always has a few days, there is no greater benefit.
Nothing more inaccurate. The points earned in friendlies do go to a table, specifically to the FIFA ranking, which is the measure to decide seedings in official competitions.
That is why the victories of the Colombian National Team against Spain (1-0) and Romania (3-2) are going to have a weight because, according to the preview of the site footranking.com, which discloses with enough precision the news of the FIFA ranking, there will be good news.
The source, who agrees with the statistician Misterchip, says that Néstor Lorenzo’s team will gain at least two positions after the tour of Europe, which gave the best sensations ahead of the Copa América. In this way, he would go from 14th to 12th place.
This is how the new classification would look like:
1. Argentina
2. France
3. Belgium
4. England
5. Brazil
6. Netherlands
7. Portugal
8. Spain
9. Italia
10. Croatia
11. United States
12. Colombia
13. Morocco
14. Mexico
15. Uruguay