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Sports News of Thursday, 22 October 2020

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Nigeria drop 3 spots in latest Fifa rankings following poor October friendlies

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Super Eagles were unimpressive during their recent friendlies against Algeria and Tunisia

Nigeria who were 29th in the world have dropped three spots to 32nd

Algeria have now displaced the Super Eagles to become 3rd best in Africa

Super Eagles of Nigeria have who were 29th in the September Fifa rankings have dropped three spots and are now 32nd.

No thanks to their poor outing during the October 9 and 13 friendlies against reigning African champions Algeria as well as Tunisia respectively.

The Desert Foxes defeated Gernot Rohr’s side 1-0 before the Eagles were forced to a 1-1 draw by the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, both games were played in Austria.

Ramy Bensebaini's lone strike in the sixth minute was all Algeria needed to outshine Nigeria in an international friendly game.

The reigning African kings maintained their dominance over the Super Eagles after recording a victory against them for the second straight time in 15 months.

In the game against Tunisia, Kelechi Iheanacho ended his three-year goal drought when he wriggled his way out of the North African’s defence before slotting past Ben Mustapha in goal to give Nigeria the lead.

Super Eagles of Nigeria are now 32nd in the world.Photo: Patrick Smith
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However, the North Africans restored parity in style after Kenneth Omeruo was beaten in the danger area before the ball was squared to Mohamed Draeger who found the roof of the net leaving goalkeeper Maduka Okoye hapless in goal, as it ended 1-1.

Consequently, Nigeria are now 4th best team in Africa as Algeria who were 35th in the world move up five places to 30th in the world and then 3rd in Africa.

Senegal remains the best team on the continent occupying the 21st position while Tunisia are second in 26th.

Meanwhile, in the top rankings around the globe, Belgium, France and Brazil are the leading teams in that order while England and Portugal complete the top 5.