Online matches are ridiculously too difficult

Glad it's not just my son and I who have noticed how much more difficult (and a slog) Rivals matches have become, recently. I suspect that several of the opponents we've faced are AI. On Sunday, I was 50mins into a Rivals match when the green EA FC triangle started turning, signalling that there was a connection issue. Usually, against a human opponent, the game will end there and then, but this time, while the triangle turned, the match played on as normal until the 75th min, when it disconnected. I could go through individual cards, such as our 97 GK Martinez, who over the weekend has started performing like a 60 bronze, or 97 Mbappe who now runs like he's towing a 40 tonne truck, but those issues have been well documented all season.