
On Wednesday, the International Football Federation (FIFA) published the April version of the rating list of prefabricated. The position of the Russian national team has not changed in a month-the wards of George Yartsev still take 29th place (654 points).
The three leaders did not undergo changes. The rating of the Brazilian team (840 points) is headed, and behind it there are commands of France (821) and Spain (790), which will play in the same group with Russians at the 2004 European Championship.
The first ten included: Mexico (742), Holland and Argentina (740 points each), Germany (735), Turkey (732), Czech Republic (729) and England (724). Over the past month, the Dutch changed places with the Mexicans, the Argentines and the Turks climbed one point, the Germans - to three, and the national teams of the Czech Republic and England lost three and four positions, respectively, RIA Novosti reports.
As for the two other rivals of the Russian national team in Che -2004 - Greeks and Portuguese, they also retained their position. The Portuguese team is in 17th place with 669 points, and the Greece team is on the 33rd (643).
The next version of the FIFA rating will be released on May 12.