FIFA’s seeding system ‘ridiculous’, says Prandelli

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By Charchit Dahal on

December 6, 2013 |
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Italy coach Cezare Prandelli slammed FIFA over their decision to only look over October ranking for the World Cup draws.

Fifa selected its eight seeds based on the world ranking, with hosts Brazil joined by Spain, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Portugal, Uruguay and Switzerland, while Italy were one of the top nations that just missed out.

“I’d say Fifa should reconsider the draw issue in future,” Italy’s coach told Gazzetta dello Sport.

“Everybody can see something isn’t right with the current system. Are we looking at the Fifa Ranking? Alright, we’re seventh again now and have been among the top seven countries for about two-and-a-half years. ”

“Yet we’re only looking at October. That’s a bit ridiculous. That makes it a bizarre situation.”

The World Cup draws are scheduled to commence on the 6th of December on Friday.

Brazil, Spain, Germany, Colombia, Argentina, Belgium, Uruguay, Switzerland are in the 1st Pot.
Chile, Ecuador, Ghana, Cote D’ Ivorie, Nigeria, Algeria and Cameroon are in the 2nd pot.
Honduras, Costa Rica, Japan , Korea, Australia, United States, Iran and Mexico are in the 3rd pot.
While, Croatia, England, Russia, Italy, Portugal, France, Netherlands, Greece and Bosnia are in the 4th pot.

The draw is scheduled for 4:00 GMT.