The most amazing trait of football is creativity. The ability to imagine a pass, a shoot, a tactic that will surprise the opponent and lead a team to a goal. And, of course, the talent to take that though on the pitch and make it real! But in modern football, no footballer can afford to rely just on his talent: training is the cornerstone of every victory, is the foundation on which every footballer builds his effectiveness. Let’s see how in Lords of Football you will be able to obtain the best from your team!

The training ground of the team is rich with opportunities: different training facilities, such as gymnasium, locker room, three training pitches, training track and so on. Every one of these facilities are interactive and freely explorable in the game’s brilliant real-time rendered 3D world. What does this mean? Well, from your god-like perspective, you will be able to organize exercises and activities with simple clicks on the mouse, then appoint the footballers to those tasks.

But the most important thing is that you can check how the footballers are doing simply… watching them work on the exercises, in real time. Build your schedule, set up the exercises in the different training facilities, “drop” the footballers on the task they need to do, and check how they react. Do they approach the exercises in the right way? Do they do what is asked of them? Are they happy about the training or are they about to leave the ground in rage? And, most importantly, does the exercises improve their qualities?

As you can see, there’s plenty to focus on Lords of Football’s training ground: Physical, Technical and Tactical aspects are equally important to build a winning team, and it is important to know every footballer’s skills and flaws to properly improve the efficiency of the team as a whole.

If one of your forwards is very quick, but he’s not that good in scoring or getting past an opponent, you can set up specific exercises to develop on his weakness and make him more effective on the pitch. Just click on the right venue, choose the proper activity and see how the footballer improves his skill.

For instance, a Shooting session can help your forwards to be more powerful and precise when it comes to finishing: you can set up the exercise in the main training ground’s pitch and watch the footballers shoot on goal as long as you like (maybe not happily after a while, and that is another aspect you will need to be careful of!) and their finishing skill will improve. And, at the same time, you can appoint your goalkeepers to the same exercise to raise their abilities to save shots: the classic “two birds with a stone” scenario!

And what if your now faster-than-light winger simply is not effective when he has to dribble a defender and go for a cross? “Dropping” him in a Circuit poles exercise can help him improve in this area, so that your forwards can expect more chances from the wings during the match.

Set pieces exercises are available, too: these are often the keys to unlock a difficult match, and specific training allow your footballers to improve their corners, freekicks and penalties, so that they are better prepared for the coming matches.

So, all the actions that define the effectiveness of every single footballer are matched by several exercises that influence their skills, but that’s not all: the training ground will offer other ways to develop your footballers abilities and confidence, such as Tactical lessons in the Locker Room, where you can build on Leadership and Team Work, or work out in the Gymnasium to make sure they are physically fit.

You will have total control of your footballers: treat them well, focus on their skills, needs and mood and they will become clay in your hands! Keep an eye on their actions to be sure everybody sticks with your plan. Fly freely between the various venues available in the training ground to discover all the amazing activities that Lords of Football has in store for you.

Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? And this is just one of the duties you will need to perform to become a Lord of Football!