#$%^&*AU2018264085B220200430.pdf#####ABSTRACT A football shoe or boot is disclosed. The football boot includes a sole, an upper and a tongue, wherein the upper includes a flap that overlies the tongue, the lateral edges of the flap being separated from side portions of the upper by respective slits which are 5 open at their rear ends and closed at their forward ends, and wherein the flap has an upper surface that includes a ball control region, which ball control region extends rearwardly from a foremost extremity located rearwardly of said forward ends of said slits and includes respective lateral ridge portions extending longitudinally of the flap and a transversely curved surface extending between said lateral ridge portions, which 0 lateral ridge portions are tapered rear to front so that the transversely curved surface and the lateral ridge portions merge into a surface region of the flap in front of the ball control region, and wherein the central longitudinal extent of the ball control region is 50 to 90% of the longitudinal distance from a centre top of the ball control region to a line joining said forward ends of said slits.
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