LAUSANNE: With the 2018 World Cup looming, defending champions Germany sit atop the FIFA world standings despite three draws and a defeat in their last four games.Germany drew 0-0 with England at Wembley, 2-2 with seventh placed France in Cologne, 1-1 with eighth-placed Spain in Duesseldorf and were beaten by second-placed Brazil in Berlin two weeks ago. When Joachim Loew’s youthful outfit, including just two players from the 2014 final starting line-up, lost to Brazil it ended a 22-match unbeaten run dating back to the Euro 2016 semi-final defeat to France.
FIFA standings:
1. Germany, 2. Brazil, 3. Belgium (+2), 4. Portugal (-1), 5. Argentina (-1), 6. Switzerland (+2), 7. France (+2), 8. Spain (-2), 9. Chile (+1), 10. Poland (-4), 11. Peru, 12. Denmark, 13. England (+3), 14. Tunisia (+9), 15. Mexico (+2).
