It's quite reasonable when people say that the 2018-19 season is one of the surprising periods for the UEFA Champions League Championships. Many of the results are unpredicted, many big clubs are far from expectations, and many fantastic goals are created from the tension-filled drama.

Speaking of goals, there were 360 goals (excluding own goals) created from 178 players throughout the Champions League in tournament phase this season. These goals are mostly derived from the names of the footballers that we already know, such as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Sergio Aguero, and many more.

But what is the secret of their greatness in scoring goals? In addition to the ability of capable football, equipment such as football boot also play the role of scoring. Which football boot can bring the best performance at a professional level? Which is the top goal-scoring football boot in UEFA Champions League 2018-19?

Using a combination of data from the UEFA website and the Football Boots DB, iPrice research team is looking for top goal-scoring football boots that really worth the look of as golden shoes because they were used to score many goals in the UEFA Champions League 2018-19. After processing and analyzing the collected data, there are 8 interesting findings that shouldn’t be missed.

1. There are only 6 football boot brands used to score goals in the UEFA Champions League 2018-19 tournament.

There are a lot of boots used by football players in the UEFA Champions League 2018-19, but only boots made by Nike, Adidas, Puma, New Balance, Under Armour and Mizuno, can score the ball into the opponent's goal.

2. Nike became the most widely used brand to score along the UEFA Champions League 2018-19.

A total of 176 goals were created from Nike boots since the group phase until the final phase of the Champions League this season. The number of goals placed Nike as the most widely used brand of football shoes to score, followed by adidas with 154 goals, Puma with 24 goals, New Balance with 4 goals, Under Armour and Mizuno respectively 1 goal.

3. Only Nike, Adidas and Puma brands were worn by 10 top goalscorers in UEFA Champions League 2018-19.

There were 64 goals successfully created by the 10 top goalscorers in the Champions league this season. But only Nike, Adidas, and Puma brands used by the top 10 top scorers during the competition.

4. Lionel Messi, the top goalscorer of UEFA Champions League, using the adidas Nemeziz.

There were a total of 12 goals created by Lionel Messi in the Champions League 2018-19. A total of 9 goals made by Messi came from the left leg, while 3 other goals were made using the right leg.

5. There are 360 goals that have been scored in UEFA Champions League using 18 different models of football boots.

A total of 360 goals have been created using 18 different boot models in the 125 main game of the Champions League this season. The main game start at the group stage that played 352 players from 32 clubs to the final phase, leaving the top 22 players from 2 clubs.

6. Nike Mercurial is the most widely used boots model for scoring goals.

Nike Mercurial was the most prolific boot that scored against the opponent's goal throughout the Champions League, with 90 goals. Behind Nike Mercurial 's adidas X model has created 85 goals and Nike Phantom VNM with 39 goals. However, Adidas X's performance was more prominent in the Champions League final for giving birth to Liverpool's 2 winning goals.

7. There are 7 models of Adidas boots and 6 models of Nike boots that were used to score during the UEFA Champions League.

83% of the overall Champions League goals of the season were coming from combination of adidas and Nike. The three stripes brand contribution comes from 7 different shoe models, namely adidas X, adidas Nemeziz, adidas Predator, adidas Copa, adidas F50, adidas Glitch, and adidas 11pro. Nike's goals come from 6 different models, namely Nike Mercurial, Nike Phantom VNM, Nike Tiempo, Nike Phantom VSN, Nike Hypervenom, and Nike Magista.

8. Only US, Germany and Japan brands can help players score in Europe's largest club tournaments.

The Champions League competition is not only about competition between clubs and between players. The competition also hosts sports brands from around the world. But only German brands (adidas, Puma) and United States (Nike, New Balance, Under Armour) are capable of showing dominance in the goal aspect. Beyond these two countries, there are Japanese brands (Mizuno) that contributed as much as 0.28% in goal production.