Russian football continues to slide to the bottom. In the FIFA rating, our country fell to 66th place, having updated its anti-record set in October 2017. Leaders of world football still remain Germans. With a large gap from them, the Brazilian national team. The third line is occupied by football players from Belgium. The Russian team, in the published list, has overtaken many teams that will not arrive at the 2018 World Cup. In addition, countries such as Honduras, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso and Congo are ahead of us.

Representatives of these countries rarely appear at major tournaments, and the salary of all players from these four states is comparable to paying only one Russian player. It is worth noting that Russia does not receive points for the games (which form the rating), as it participates only in friendly matches.

Despite this, football performed by our athletes leaves much to be desired.

In March, Russia devastatedly lost to Brazil and France. The total score of the two matches was 1-6. The World Cup will be held in 2 months, but while the chances for a successful performance at the World Cup remain ghostly.