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There's only one way for boot fans to kick-off the week! It was another action-packed weekend of football that has served up a number of great spots! From the Premier League to the Australian A-League and everything in between, check out the players and boots to feature in the latest edition of SoccerBible bootspotting.

The Nike Innovation Summit in New York has already staged the unveiling of many revolutionary new products including Nike Flyknit - a new lightweight performance innovation. And now the American sports giants have one more launch up their sleeves, and it's a big one!

Nike have unveiled an exciting series of cutting-edge, lightweight performance innovations that opens the doors for changes across all Nike sport's shoes. Stemming from Bill Bowerman's constant drive to ''make it lighter'', Nike's revolutionary Flyknit technology is the latest step in the brands mission to build shoes from the ground up.

Former Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka may be seeing out his days in the Chinese Super League, but that hasn't kept him out of the eye's of our SoccerBible bootspotting scouts! The Frenchman, who is currently playing for Shanghai Shenhua, caught our attention as he turned out to a Shenhua training session wearing a familiar looking pair of miadidas f50 miCoach football boots.

At 21-years old Chris Smith might have been forgiven for thinking that his dreams of becoming a professional footballer were over. But after beating more than 5,500 entrants to win Samsung’s second Win A Pro Contract competition and an exclusive boot deal with Pro-Direct Soccer, the Stoke-on-Trent-born defender is set to fulfil a lifetime ambition when he signs a 12-month contract with Swindon Town.

There's only one way for boot fans to kick-off the week, and that's with a weekly instalment of Boot Spotting. There were a host of new adidas football boots seen on pitches around the globe, from the English FA Cup to the Australian A League, so we've scoured all four corners of the globe to bring you the best selection of football boots!

Football fans around the world focus attention on their favourite players, managers and clubs. But in every match the man in the middle, the referee, plays just as important a role. SoccerBible caught up with former Premier League ref Graham Poll, to run the rule over goal-line technology, in-match replays and other suggestions of how to improve the beautiful game.

It's the tie of the round, with two of European football's heavy weights battling to gain a first-leg advantage in what promises to be a mouth-watering Champions League encounter. Castrol EDGE Performance data shows that Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robin van Persie will be the crucial two in determining the outcome of this exciting Champions League tie.

The Champions League makes its overdue return to our screens tonight as the race to the final hots up! To mark the beginning of the knock-out stages, adidas and UEFA have taken to the Allianz Arena pitch to officially launch the match ball of the 2012 Champions League Final. It's our first glimpse of the new ball on pitch, and it certainly looks the business!

We certainly weren't left shot of talking points after the weekends action! A fascinating weekend of European football served up a number of great boots spots to help kick-start your week. We've scoured all four corners of the globe to bring you the best selection of football boots hitting pitches!