EA have always done this to some extent and I suspect it's done as part of a deal with certain clubs or sponsors to get kids buying said club's/player's merchandise. 98% of matches against Real Madrid. The game is awful now as defending has gone to pot. Totally unrealistic to see defenders meandering around, facing in the wrong direction when the ball's about to be played through for yet another 1 on 1 for the attacking player (usually Mbappe). I also suspect that once the game became playable online they knew they'd have to pre-programme it to make it easier to score silly goals and fix matches so that youngsters didn't become bored of losing and stop playing/spending money. Totally unrealistic movement from Real/PSG/Barcelona players where they actually teleport 5 yards to win the ball. I won't even get started on the scripting (call it by a different name if you like but we all know it's there).
An absolute shambles of a 'game'. I suspect and hope many fewer people will buy FC26. To the makers, you've absolutely ruined a game over 5/10 years. Thanks very much.
