The second round of the world most glamorous event has come and gone.
More drama,more joy,more anguish,more underdogs feeding fat off giants.
The journey is over for defending champions Germany,2010 champions Spain,La Albiceleste in shambles,European champions Portugal couldn't conquer but time to believe for Russia,Sweden,England,France,Uruguay,Belgium,Croatia and World most successful football National team Brazil.
The journey started some weeks ago with 32 and then 16 but now down to 8.
In this edition,Olamide Sunday Oyetunji was able to sit down to rank the eliminated teams from 32nd down to 9th.
First timers Panama are in the 32nd spot followed by the most successful senior national team in Africa Egypt as both were the only teams not to pick a point in Russia.
The Socceroos of Australia,Costa Rica and Iceland could only be separated by fairplay as they were yellow carded seven,six and three times respectively.
The Atlas lions of Morocco are 27th,Defending champions Germany 25th surprisingly below Saudi Arabia in 24 while Tunisia,Serbia,Nigeria and Peru complete the teams in twenties.
South Korea,the organized Islamic Republic of Iran and the Teranga Lions of Senegal are some of the teams that missed out of the final 16 narrowly.
Two times World champions Argentina are 16th after an uncharacteristic poor display,the Samurai of Japan impressive general conduct should put them in top spot for the Fairplay award alongside Iceland while Switzerland who are one of the most entertaining teams are 14th while European international football record breaking performance by Cristiano Ronaldo could only lead Portugal to the 13th spot.
Denmark are one of the teams not to suffer any defeat in regulation time are 12th while Spain with their passing abilities could only complete the top eleven.
Mexico are number ten while the colourful and star-studded Colombians the first on the single digit.
Full Ranking
32-Panama
31-Egypt
30-Australia
29-Costa Rica
28-Iceland
27-Morocco
26-Poland
25-Germany
24-Saudi Arabia
23-Tunisia
22-Serbia
21-Nigeria
20-Peru
19-Korea
18-Iran
17-Senegal
16-Argentina
15-Japan
14-Switzerland
13-Portugal
12-Denmark
11-Spain
10-Mexico
9-Colombia
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