BALL – UEFA rankings: Portugal win on points against Netherlands and France (UEFA)

After the second round of the group stage of European competitions, Portugal remains in seventh place in the standings. ranging from UEFA. However, the performance of the four Portuguese teams in the competition allowed them to win back positions against the most direct rivals.

The victories of Sporting (2:0 in favor of Tottenham), Benfica (2:1 in favor of Juventus) and Braga (1:0 in favor of Union Berlin) guaranteed Portugal another point. Remember that each win is worth two points and then the total score is divided by the number of teams in the country that have guaranteed access to European competition this season. In the case of Portugal, there are six of them – in addition to the three already mentioned, there is FC Porto (lost 0-4 to Brugge), Gil Vicente (dropped out) and Vitoria de Guimarães (dropped out) who did not score).

Portugal is ahead of the Netherlands, who added 0.8 points thanks to the triumphs of Feyenoord (6:0 over Sturm Graz) and AZ Alkmaar (4:1 over Vaduz). Ajax (lost 1-2 to Liverpool), PSV (the game against Arsenal was postponed) and Twente (eliminated) did not score, with the Dutch having the upper hand, splitting the points between only five teams.

Fifth-placed France managed to add just 0.6 points thanks to PSG’s 3-1 victory over Maccabi Haifa and draws against Nice (1-1 v Partizan) and Rennes (2-2 v. Fenerbahce). The Gauls still have every team in the competition, but Marseille (lost to Eintracht Frankfurt, 0-1), Monaco (lost to Ferencváros, 0-1) and Nantes (lost to Karabakh, 0-3) failed to score.

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