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Not sure how long you have been playing the FIFA or FC game series, but the issues listed above have been occurring for over a decade, and is normal Manager Career mode gameplay. The game engine has been antiquated for years, and the described problems with the CPU opponent have been the only way EA knows how to add difficulty and challenge to the game. The further difficulty settings are increased (Legendary and Ultimate) the more CPU cheating is added. When using Ultimate difficulty the CPU rarely is called for fouls or penalties, makes illegal offside runs without referee whistle, has ball shielding forcefield in every match, contain and teammate contain buttons fail to execute, and the banned words in this forum happen continually (you know what they are, and if not, can discover them by reading other posts). If the human user wins or draws numerous matches in a row, especially against superior competition, the game engine decides to boost the CPU players in future matches, and if the user still goes unbeaten, will add cheating, last minute goals, repeated corner kicks, scoring in the 96th minute when supoosed to be two minutes of injury time, etc., etc., etc. Have to live with the flaws, or move on to other brand of game (i.e. Konami), because comprehensive changes to EA Sports games are unlikely for the next five years or more.