Bayern Munich stunned Juventus 4:1 yesterday in the final game of the Champions League’s group stage to advance to the knockout stage of the competition, while striker Mario Gómez (with the ball) proved us right by scoring a goal and breaking into the FTBL World Top 23, our list of the world’s top 23 players, with 179.05 points.

Gómez’s progress was dramatic; he added approximately 50 rating points in the FTBL system in 2 games.

The Germany international has scored in 3 straight games and has progressed to 2nd place in our ranking of German strikers, just a sliver from # 1 Bayer Leverkusen’s Stefan Kiessling (179.88 points). Both players will face average planks of around 16 rating points to beat in the coming games. Don't you just love a lively battle?