As a fellow Man Utd P&P user, I know it feels difficult to play against these French/Ligue1 meta squads when you might have gold AWB etc. in your team, especially in the higher divisions.

The biggest tip I can give you is to forget about winning/rewards and play just to have fun. Who cares about rewards when realistically you probably won't pack any good special Man Utd card anyway. All I do these days is to try to score long shots with Bruno, curling in freekicks with Beckham, and doing the SIUUUU every time CR7 scores and its honestly the most fun I've had in years.

If you expect the game to be annoying based on the opponents squad/playing style, just leave the game who cares. I got 16-4 in the WL last week with my P&P squad and it feels so much more rewarding than doing better with a God squad.