FIFA has England ranked #6 in the world and Italy ranked #12 in the world

[cleaveland]

http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html

Granted these rankings are a few weeks old but after researching this match I was convinced Italy was better. Can anyone explain the rankings?

[vasilli07]

I wouldn't read into much into it. For eg, Netherlands couldn't beat 2 teams(Portugal and Denmark) lower than them. Croatia and Spain didn't beat lower ranked Italy. And Greece lost to Czech Republic.

[baskets]

due to bribes they always put Mexico near the top

and it has been official for the past 30 years... Mexico sucks ass

[The Irishman]

england have always been high even though they never do anything, and no one really pays attention to fifa ranking so i wouldnt read much into it.