The problem with passing could be that he anticipates it. When I play with a friend offline, marking in FIFA 23 was much easier for me, at least, cause didnt play alot of fc25 also. But when he has the ball, I first mark one of the possible passes, like the easiest one, and with the other player on auto-marking, I approach him. The problem is that often, when I mark the pass well, the other player has a hard time. I don't know how you play, but that's about it. That's not even counting all the stats for passing: vision, passing and the upgrades, and I think composure would also help. But, this is it, is about stats and how do you make the passes, do you use L1 L1 to tell the players to run to space? make passes with R1 and pass buton for fast passes?