{"id":23712,"date":"2011-12-29T18:28:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T18:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/mario-gomez-is-preferable-to-cristiano-ronaldo-says-ex-germany-striker-ulf-kirsten\/"},"modified":"2011-12-29T18:28:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T18:28:43","slug":"mario-gomez-is-preferable-to-cristiano-ronaldo-says-ex-germany-striker-ulf-kirsten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/29\/mario-gomez-is-preferable-to-cristiano-ronaldo-says-ex-germany-striker-ulf-kirsten\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Gomez is preferable to Cristiano Ronaldo, says ex-Germany striker Ulf Kirsten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Bayer Leverkusen and Germany striker Ulf Kirsten has praised Mario Gomez, claiming the Bayern Munich man is the model forward, even ahead of Real Madrid&#8217;s Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p>Gomez has found the net 24 times in 25 games this season, earning praise from team-mates, coaches and retired greats, and now Kirsten.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Europe and indeed worldwide, Gomez is at the time the striker par excellence,&#8221; the 46-year-old said according to Bild.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gomez is preferable to me than Ronaldo. 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