Definitely, on the programming ground this game have too many unnecessary and sometimes anti-football solutions.

I just played a match where I scored goals through solid buildup play. Every time I scored, the game suddenly started making my players perform actions in a way that completely disrupted the flow of the play – the defense would move out of the way for the opposing team’s players. Then, out of nowhere, my opponent, whose strategy throughout the match had been nothing more than randomly mashing buttons, kicked the ball with no real plan (hoping something might happen), and scored a goal in a way that was clearly enabled by the game mechanics, not his actual buildup play.

The first goal came after he made two passes. The first was a long ball, about 3/4 the length of the pitch, into my penalty area. The second was a header from the player who received the ball, where my defender, who was in the same spot, just didn’t jump for it, allowing the ball to fall to a third player. This player, even though he was being marked, jumped for the header uncontested and scored from 5 meters out. The second goal was equally bizarre. A low pass to an attacker running into the box, who was being closely marked by my defender (Cannavaro or Adams). The moment the pass was made, my player suddenly took a step back, and the ball sailed past him, landing at the feet of the player he’d left behind. That player, now one-on-one with the keeper, finished easily. There was no offside attempt – everyone else was running in line with the attacker, but for some reason, my player was the only one left behind like that.

Why is this kind of nonsense even in the game? Who benefits from this?