The next morning, Qin Zheng brought members of the negotiation team to Shanghai County, and met and talked with the Qing officials in Shanghai at the Shanghai Daotai Yamen. Shanghai County was the area surrounded by Renmin Road and Zhonghua Road in the old time and space. The famous Shanghai Old Town Temple was located in the northeast corner of Shanghai County. Wang Hailong brought the members of the football team to the racecourse and began training.

When we arrived at the racetrack, Martinez was waiting here. Seeing that they were coming, Martinez immediately asked someone to carry a ball basket and said to Wang Hailong: "Mr. Wang, these are the 15 footballs that I promised to you yesterday. I will take you to the training ground first, and then take you to the venue for the official game."

Wang Hailong nodded, and had to admit that the British did have some gentlemanly demeanor. Of course, it was also possible that the British felt that they were invincible and disdained to use these inconvenient means. So they asked people to carry the basket of football and follow Martinez to a lawn close to the roadside. The lawn was generally square, with a side length of about 150 meters, and there was a circle of wooden fences around the perimeter. The ground was planted with grass, but it was artificially leveled. Although it could not be compared with the artificial turf of the old time and space, it was generally OK. The court was drawn and the goal was installed. There was also a wooden house next to the lawn, which could store personal belongings, change clothes and rest. Chinese food could also be provided at the Jockey Club Building at noon.

This place used to be a place to train horses and horses, and now it is used as a training ground. The wooden house next to the lawn is actually a stable. On the other side of the road, there is also a lawn, and a group of people are playing football there. It is estimated that the British team is playing football.

At this time, Martinez said: "Mr. Wang, are you still satisfied with the conditions here?"

Wang Hailong said: "It's very good. It's great to have such conditions to train. Is your team training there?"

Martinez nodded and said, "Yes, if Mr. Wang is interested, you can go over and take a look."

Wang Hailong originally wanted to go over to see the training of the British team to understand the UK's technical and tactical playing style and strength. After hearing what Martinez said, he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to the venue for the game first." Then he ordered the players to change their clothes and train. He went to the venue for the official game with Martinez.

The official competition venue is the official horse racing venue. At this time, the boundaries of the stadium, the center line, the penalty area, etc. have been marked, and goals have also been set up at both ends. On one side of the stadium is the stands where the horse racing was originally watched, and temporary stands are also being built on the other three sides.

Wang Hailong walked around the field, stepped on the grass, and looked at the two goals. The general size was similar to the old field in time and space, and the hardness of the field was OK, but the grass was a bit sparse. After all, horse racing competitions are often held here, but tackles can still be done on this field.

After about half an hour, Wang Hailong basically walked the stadium and felt at ease. Then he left with Martinez. However, he did not return to his training ground, but went to the British team's training ground to see their training. Martinez really didn't stop him. He just came to his training ground, just like Wang Hailong sued him and went to the training ground to direct the players' training.

When Wang Hailong came to the court, he didn't know what training the British team was doing. He saw more than ten players gathered in the stadium on one side, wearing red and white jerseys. Wang Hailong carefully observed that there were a few red and six or seven players, while there were only four or five white jerseys, all concentrated in the area ahead of the penalty area. On the other side, a player kicked the ball with one big foot, and the players from both sides immediately rushed up. A tall red jersey player fought for the header at the top of the penalty area. Another red jersey player grabbed the penalty kick in the left corner of the penalty area, raised his foot and shot it into the goal. Then, in the other side, another big foot ball came over, and the two sides fought again.

Only then did Wang Hailong understand that this was probably conducting offensive and defensive training. Red clothes are the offensive side and white clothes are the defensive side. The basic routine is to take a high ball from the backcourt, fight for the top, grab the landing point, and hit the goal, while the defender is trying hard to destroy. The whole tactic is very simple, which is a typical British long pass and rushing method. However, Wang Hailong knew that in the old time and space, British teams had basically given up this set of tactics and changed to technical flow. Only Ireland and Norway were still using this set of play.

However, this British team has a reason for this style of play, because British players are tall and large, generally above 1.8o meters, and at least 6 or 7 players are around 1.9o meters tall, and two of them should be close to 1.95 meters tall. This also caused some concerns for Wang Hailong, because there are only 12 players with heights of over 1.8o meters in the Time Traveler team, but after deducting 3 goalkeepers, only 9 of the other 19 players are over 1.8o meters tall. The tallest figure in the team is goalkeeper Chen Heng, 1.87 meters. Compared with the British team, the Time Traveler team obviously suffers a lot in height. Therefore, although this long pass and rushing method of the British team is simple, it is still quite effective.

At this time, Martines came to the court and recruited all the players to conduct team fighting training. In fact, Martines arranged this way to demonstrate to Wang Hailong. He could see clearly when he greeted Wang Hailong and others just now. The height of overseas Chinese players is obviously much lower than that of our team, so Martines was more confident. Although he also knew that Wang Hailong came to watch our team's training to see the strength of our team, he didn't care. After all, the difference in strength was too great, so let them see what it could do. At the same time, Martines also wanted to use the team's confrontation training to show his strong strength and put greater pressure on the opponent.

After the British team's team confrontation training began, the players from both sides were basically concentrated near the two penalty areas, and there were almost no people in the area around the central circle. It seemed that the two teams only had forwards and back positions, but no midfielders, which were clearly divided. Moreover, the attacking players of the two teams were more than defense. Wang Hailong paid attention to counting. The Red Team adopted the "Three Seven" formation, while the White Team adopted the "Four Six" formation.

The basic tactics of the two teams are the same, which is to kick the ball from the backcourt and kick the ball to the frontcourt, so that the players in the frontcourt will fight for the top and hit the goal desperately. They rarely play the ground ball, and they almost never organize attacks through the midfield. Moreover, the players in the offense basically do not defend the backcourt, and just wait in the frontcourt to kick the ball over; and the players in the backcourt basically do not assist forward. After snatching the ball, they drive to the frontcourt with one big foot. Therefore, they see the football flying around in the air, and sometimes the players from both sides will compete for the topcourt for more than ten consecutive times without landing. It seems that they will stay in the air for more than a few more times than on the ground.

After watching it for about half an hour, the British team basically had this style of playing. Wang Hailong also had a clear idea. This was basically the same as the information he had. The football tactics of this era had to be primitive. It was basically just like this, grabbing the two ends and putting them in the middle, and advocating offense. Therefore, there were more players attacking than defense, and there was basically no concept of midfield.

Although Wang Hailong also admitted that the height, strength, and heading ability of this British team were excellent even in the old time and space, the reason why football is called football is mainly kicking instead of overhead. Therefore, to deal with such a simple and direct way of playing, the football exhibition in the old time and space has provided enough tactics to deal with, which is to control the midfield. Although the football tactical formations in the old time and space are colorful and diverse, the biggest feature is that almost more than 80% of the tactics revolve around the midfield. Therefore, whether the midfield can be controlled by Guan Jian, who won football games in the old time and space, and the superstars from the midfield are far more than strikers and defenders.

After pursuing the tactical strength of the British team, Wang Hailong had basically had a clear idea in his heart, so he stopped watching and turned back to his training ground. At this time, the Time Travelers players had changed their jerseys and were training. Ordinary players were divided into five groups, performing one-three pass training, while three goalkeepers shot and saved each other in the penalty area on one side.

These are the basic training of the team, and now it is mainly to let the players get familiar with the football nature of this era as soon as possible.

Wang Hailong came to a group and asked, "How is football in this era?"

Midfielder Wang Xiaoyu said: "Captain, the elasticity of this ball is too poor. It can be said that it has no elasticity at all. I am really not used to it." As he said that, he also threw the ball vertically on the ground with a demonstration force. Sure enough, the football only bounced up by more than ten centimeters high. Wang Xiaoyu said: "Captain, look, how do you play this ball? Let's change our ball."

Wang Xiaoyu is a team leader of the Yueyang Ship Guns Team, and is also the core of the Yueyang Ship Team's midfielder. He has the best footwork. He can play in front and back midfield positions. Of course, he is also a player Wang Hailong relies on in this game. It is precisely because Wang Xiaoyu has good footwork, he is more sensitive to the ball. He is used to playing inflatable football in the old time and space, and it seems very uncomfortable to play football in this era.

After hearing what he said, Wang Hailong glared at him and said, "Isn't it bullying the British guys if we change our balls? Even if we win, there is nothing to be proud of. If the British can use this kind of ball, why can't we use it? If you are not used to it, practice it for me. Of course, you are ace of our Yueyang ship. Why did Guan Jian lose his time? If you think you can't admit defeat, then just say, I will change others immediately, and don't make excuses."

Wang Xiaoyu was also anxious when he was scolded by Wang Hailong and said, "Captain, don't you know who I, Lao Wang, are? I dare not say anything else. When did I swear by football? I just said that just now, isn't it just so breaking the ball? Is there anything great? Just look at mine."
Chapter completed!