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During the in Spain, Austria and West Germany met again, in the last match of the group stage.
Many of their home supporters were in agreement and 10,000 Austrians signed a petition demanding Austria withdraw from the tournament to spare the nation's embarrassment.
Team Rank Dif Pts Dif Belgium 2 1827 -1 France 3 1790 4 England 5 1762 6 Italy 6 1723 -17 Spain 7 1709 4 Portugal 8 1675 15 Netherlands 10 1659 5 Denmark 11 1654 -1 Germany 12 1651 2 Switzerland 14 1635 -8 Croatia 16 1621 Wales 18 1588 10 Sweden 19 1585 -3 Serbia 25 1548 Poland 26 1544 14 Ukraine 27 1535 Czech Republic 33 1501 -10 Austria 34 1500 -11 Russia 36 1493 Scotland 39 1473 1 Hungary 40 1466 Norway 41 1464 8 Turkey 43 1462 -11 Slovakia 45 1455 Republic of Ireland 47 1449 5 Romania 48 1447 -7 Northern Ireland 54 1424 -1 Greece 55 1421 -1 Finland 57 1407 -5 Bosnia 59 1389 -3 North Macedonia 62 1381 14 Iceland 63 1381 -2 Slovenia 65 1378 3 Albania 66 1372 -3 Montenegro 70 1343 Bulgaria 73 1339 -7 Israel 76 1306 -1 Georgia 85 1276 7 Armenia 92 1245 3 Belarus 93 1243 10 Luxembourg 94 1230 -7 Cyprus 105 1186 7 Kosovo 107 1174 11 Estonia 110 1169 -7 Faroe Islands 124 1137 Kazakhstan 125 1135 -6 Azerbaijan 129 1127 -12 Latvia 135 1105 5 Lithuania 138 1092 Andorra 153 1040 10 Malta 169 972 13 Moldova 180 933 6 Liechtenstein 192 895 -4 Gibraltar 203 857 4 San Marino 211 777 -3 The table contains following columns, respectively: team, current ranking, difference in ranking from last month, number of points, difference in points from last month.
The Portuguese superstar was tied with Jimmy Greaves ahead of the fixture on April 29th, and duly moved ahead of the Englishman with a first-half header for Los Blancos.
Before the seeding of the , Romania even appointed a ranking consultant, playing only one friendly in the year before the draw.