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Another game played, another record broken! Lionel Messi scored his 50th and 51st Champions League goals this week, and in doing so became the youngest player to break the 50-goal barrier. But he's not the quickest player to have done so, and he's not the Champions League all-time top goalscorer - yet! So here's a look at the competitions most prolific hitmen...

Over the years one boot range has been the stand-out performer in the Premier League, and top goalscorer no less than eight times in the last eleven years! Worn by such great players as Thierry Henry, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba, the Nike Mercurial football boots have dominated the scoring charts...

It seems even football hasn't escaped the global domination of Facebook, but who are the most popular players with the greatest following and which players need some love!

Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo will take part in a gladiator style contest at London's O2 Arena, to decide the world's most skilful footballer! Rooney and Ronaldo will be joined by superstar players Cesc Fabregas, Steven Gerrard, David Villa

With the Nike Mercurial Superfly football boots performing so awesome at the moment, we thought we'd find out what three innovations have made them the most talked about football boots on the planet at the moment!

Many pro players including Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba and Alexandre Pato are benefitting from Nike's Flywire technology in their Mercurial Vapor Superfly football boots. We thought we'd find out more about the technology that Nike have developed so they can produce ultra-light football boots!