I agree and disagree. When similar level players are matched up, it's a good game. But for some reason EA can't tell who similar level players are. It was never this bad in FC25.
But the soulless definitely comes through when all a player needs to know is how to do sweaty dribble and skills and do the button combo for shooting perfectly accurate every time. That wasn't needed. Not even prime Messi scored with every shot.
But with all the post match stats, EA can't see successful dribbles was so high, shot conversion was so high, so clearly this player is better... Pair them against similar level players. Easy to build up averages in a profile and create even match ups