Brazil head into 2022 FIFA World Cup as top-ranked nation

Brazil head into the 2022 FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar as the world’s top-ranked nation ahead of

Belgium and Argentina sit at second and third respectively.

The big teams from South America are among the favourites to win the tournament in Qatar. If they do, it would be their record-setting sixth title. Tite’s team also wants to be the first team from outside of Europe to win the World Cup since the United States in 2002.

Brazil beat Ghana and Tunisia in two friendly games, while Belgium lost to the Netherlands in the Nations League and fell to second place. Their biggest rivals, Argentina, are ranked third after going 34 games without losing during the recent international break.

France, which is the current world champion, is fourth on the list, one spot above England. Even though they haven’t won in six games, Gareth Southgate’s team is still in fifth place. Italy moved up to the sixth place, even though they didn’t make it to the FIFA World Cup.

Spain dropped one spot and is now seventh in the rankings. The Netherlands, Portugal, and Denmark, all strong European teams, make up the rest of the Top 10. Qatar is ranked 50th going into the FIFA World Cup, which they are hosting for the first time. At 61st place, Ghana is the last country to qualify this year.

Brazil’s coach Tite says that Tunisia was too rough with Neymar in a recent FIFA World Cup warm-up game.

The Samba Boys kept up their good form by beating Tunisia 5-1 in a friendly. The North African team got a red card for their bad behavior.

So far, Neymar’s season has been fantastic. He scored a penalty kick against the African team to get closer to Brazil’s all-time record for goals scored. He now has 75 goals, which is just three short of Pele’s record. His manager was not impressed at all by how rough Tunisia was being with the PSG star.

Tite told reporters after the game that he was upset by Dylan Bronn’s challenge on Neymar, which got him kicked off the team. The manager of the Selecao team said (according to GOAL):

“We knew he would be competitive and loyal on the field, but I didn’t expect Neymar to do what he did. It’s a way to keep people from playing in the World Cup.

“The competitive spirit doesn’t let you play a friendly that doesn’t have an emotional clash, so we wanted to prepare, and we went to risk it, yes. We decided to do that, though.”

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A racist incident involving Brazil forward Richarlison and laser pointers shot at players from the crowd also made the game less fun.