Belgium and France hold the top spot in the FIFA rankings for September, Vietnam is not far from 100th place.

France (blue shirt) and Belgium in the World Cup semi-final match. Photo:Reuters.

Belgium and France both have 1729 points after the international competition results in September 2018. If FIFA counted points to the decimal place, Belgium would have even surpassed France (1729.25 compared to 1729.12).

The only change in the world top 10 is Denmark falling one place to 10th, behind Spain.

Vietnam is still ranked 102nd in FIFA, 17th among Asian football nations, and number one in Southeast Asia. Coach Park Hang-seo's team did not compete in September 2018.

Meanwhile, the Philippines drew 1-1 with Bahrain and moved up one place to 114th in the FIFA rankings. AFF Cup champions Thailand remained at 122nd.

Ronaldo deserved a red card

Meanwhile, former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg said that Ronaldo was unlucky to be sent off by German referee Felix Brych (minute 29) in the opening match of the Champions League with Juventus, after a collision with Valencia centre-back Jeison Murillo.

Former Spanish referee Andujar Oliver believes Ronaldo deserved a red card.

However, former Spanish referee Andujar Oliver, who has been in the profession for 23 years, gave the opposite opinion, saying that the former Real Madrid striker deserved a red card.

According to this former referee, Ronaldo had two unsportsmanlike actions towards his opponent: first, he threw his hand in his face and then when Murillo fell to the ground, Juventus' number 7 also pulled the Valencia defender's hair.

UEFA has just announced that on September 27, the UEFA Disciplinary Committee will have an official decision on the penalty for Ronaldo.

Lukaku honored in the Premier League

Man United striker Romelu Lukaku has just been awarded an honorary prize by the Premier League Organizing Committee for players who have scored 100 goals in the Premier League.

The Belgian striker reached the memorable milestone in the match between MU and Swansea City at the end of last season. It is known that Lukaku is the 28th player to have 100 goals in the number 1 tournament in the foggy country. Among the goals Lukaku scored were 17 for West Brom, 68 for Everton and so far he has scored 20 more goals with MU.

Spain has its first transgender player

Alba Palacios has made Spanish football history by becoming the first transgender player to switch from the men's to the women's league.

At the age of 33, the guy born in the capital city of Madrid (Spain) officially changed his gender to female. Next, she was lucky to be accepted by the Las Rozas FC team (3rd division) and was allowed to play in this tournament. This week, Alba's appearance breathed new life into her new club when she shined with a goal after only 20 minutes on the field.

For Spain, this is the first case of transgender, and in world football, there has been: Jaiyah Saelua, a Samoan (Oceania) is the first transgender player recognized by FIFA. Before playing for the Samoan women's national team, Jaiyah spent 12 years playing for the Samoan men's team. In 2018, Meninos Bons de Bola was the Brazilian men's football team with 100% of players born... female.

Europa League 2018/2019 group stage results

In the first match of the group stage of the Europa League 2018/2019,Arsenal and Chelsea both won.

In the first match of the Europa League 2018/2019 group stage,Chelseahave a guest trip to the field of the team from Greece - PAOK Thesaloniki.

Both Chelsea and Arsenal won on the opening day of the 2018/2019 Europa League. Photo: Getty

Also in the opening match of the Europa League 2018/2019 group stage,Arsenal host Vorsklaat home Emirates.

With a highly rated attack, Aubameyang, Danny Welbeck and Mesut Ozil put the Gunners 4-0 up in the 32nd, 48th, 56th and 74th minutes respectively.

And before the match ended, the away team Vorskla also had 2 goals from Chesnakov and Sharpar. Thereby the match ended with a 4-2 victory in favor of the home team Arsenal.

Also in this round, Lazio won 2-1 against Apollon Limassol and Sevilla “destroyed” Standard Liege with a score of 5-1. Meanwhile, Villarreal had a disappointing 2-2 draw against Rangers right at home at El Madrigal./.