Argentina are in second place in the latest FIFA rankings.

The Argentina national team moved up one spot in the latest FIFA rankings. Lionel Scaloni’s team won 1-0 against Venezuela and 6-0 agaonst Puerto Rico in the friendly matches.

In first place is Spain with 1880 points and Argentina in second with 1872 points. France is third with 1862 points and England with 1824 points.

Portugal is in fifth place with 1778 and Netherlands in sixth place with 1759 points. Brazil with 1758 points on seventh place.

Belgium is at 1740 points while Italy is at 1717 points and Germany at 1713 points makes up the top ten teams.

Javier Zanetti has spoken about Lionel Messi playing at the World Cup with the Argentina national team.

Zanetti played in the Argentina national team with Lionel Messi and played over 140 matches iwth the Argentina national team. Speaking in an interview with El Grafico, here is what he had to say about Messi:

“At 38 years old, I see Messi as very eager and passionate; he is our captain and a great leader.

“Leo is capable of at least trying to give his best, as he always has done; hopefully we will be able to enjoy him in the next World Cup.

“He is very intelligent and will take care of all the details. He will take the necessary precautions to arrive at the World Cup in the best possible shape.

“In Qatar, I hugged him and thanked him because he made millions of Argentinians happy who wanted to see him lift the World Cup.”

Matías Soulé has stated that he wants to play for the Argentina national team.

Soulé confirmed that he does not want to play with Italian national team but with the world champions. Matías Soulé’s agent stated at the start of the month that 22 year old is eligible to playing with Italy and hinted that it could be a possibility.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni spoke at a press conference on Monday about Matías Soulé, stating that he is on the Argentina national team’s radar. Matías Soulé spoke to Il Messaggero, here is what he had to say:

“I want to play for Argentina. I’m very grateful to Italy, but I want to keep working to earn a call-up from Lionel Scaloni.

“I understand it’s not easy because there are so many great players available, but that’s my goal.”