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The Champions League returned to our screens this week as Europe's heavyweights collided in the first-leg ties of the quater final. Each Champions League week, adidas hook some of their star star atheltes with a miCoach chip in their boots to track their performance data at the highest level. This week, it's Angel di Maria and Thomas Müller.

The latest adidas miCoach stats are in and this time they're from last weeks Manchester United vs Real Madrid Champions League second leg match at Old Trafford. Each Champions League week, we're given a new set of stats! The chosen players selected

The return of the Champions League knock-out stages brings with it the official unveiling of the new adidas Finale Wembley 2013. This year, the Champions League final returns to Wembley Stadium and adidas have re-decorated their famous Finale for the biggest football spectacle of the season.

The script was written. The world's greatest team would brush aside Chelsea to establish a comfortable lead ahead of the return leg at the Camp Nou. Amidst the theatrics, Xavi and his adidas Predator LZ football boots did conduct Barcelona's every move - as expected! The Spaniard made 134 passes as the Catalans enjoyed 72% possession...

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!

Champions League fever is returning and to wet everyone’s appetite, adidas have landed a new ball design for this years final in Munich! Strictly speaking, it's the same ball as last year...but with an eye-popping new design reserved exclusively for the biggest club match of the year, this could be one of our favourite Champions League footballs to date!

With the group stages now drawn for both the Champions League and Europa League, adidas have unveiled the official match balls for the 2011/12 European competitions, along with the one-off European Super Cup ball.

Unveiling the new official match ball for the UEFA Champions League 2011/12. The new adidas Finale 11 football will be used throughout this seasons Champions League competition, en route to the final in the Football Arena Munich. Once again incorporating the star design, the adidas Finale 11 features a very colourful White/Ultra Lilac Metallic colour-scheme...

Once again, there was simply no answer to the brilliance. Wembley Stadium was treated to a Catalan masterclass as Barcelona secured another UEFA Champions League title with a 3-1 victory in the capital.

It's the ball that millions of football fans dream of kicking if they could play in the Champions League final, and which has opinions divided over whether you want to see it nestled in the back of the Manchester United or Barcelona goal! Ahead of the Wembley showpiece, SoccerBible caught up with Marc Makowski, the man with the honour of overseeing the design of the adidas Finale London football...