France scored on Paul Pogba's second-half header and a late own-goal fired by Nigeria to advance into the quarterfinals of the World Cup today.
Pogba scored with just 11 minutes remaining, following a mistake by goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama.
France will face Germany or Algeria, who play later today, in the quarterfinals. Ref. CNN
As of today 17 July, 2014, FIFA ranks the French Football team as Rank 10 (+7) in the FIFA World Ranking.