Brazil falls to second in FIFA rankings

After 55 months, Brazil finally left the top spot in the FIFA World rankings this Wednesday, as the top football authority in the world released the updated version of its monthly list. The new leaders are world champions Italy, who did not play this past month but benefitted from Brazil's 2-0 loss to eighth-ranked Portugal last week, in London. Italy now has 1562 points, 22 more than Brazil, with Argentina in third with 1535 and France in fourth with 1496. The Czech Republic climbed one position to ninth, while Spain jumped two to return to the top 10. Germany (5th), England (6th), the Netherlands (7th) and Portugal (8th) round up the top of the rankings.