Thanks for sharing. Glad I'm not the only one.
Played a few squad battles on this patch, and its even worse than playing people. Everything feels like I'm playing the Mystery Ball event. The computer opponents go turbo HAM to intercept the ball at the 82' mark. Man-marking, full press is definitely still coded in the game, just not for human users apparently. I got scored on by a 65 rated silver (Legendary) shooting a first time finesse shot from over 35 yards out. The ball flew so fast, I didn't realize they shot at first. 89 rated (World Class) team lobbed several thru balls from the corner flag into acrobatic volleys. The computer reacts so fast, I can't even change players fast enough in hopes of marking in time.
If you change away from a player that's 'out of position', your now AI player runs away instead of standing still or even marking! I tried to position another player to cut a passing lane, so I dragged a CM back to cover the edge of box and after I switched they turned and ran back towards midfield instead of staying still or even marking the ball carrier! They ran right by and away from the opponent!
And the defense AI change to line height is terrible. Anything between Deep and Extreme just leaves MAJOR gaps in your defense. My defense literally turns and runs away from Mbappe if they are not on Deep or Extreme line height. Its not all players though, I feel like it has something to do with pace rating.
Overall, Its insanely frustrating to play this patch. It really is becoming not fun and not beautiful football. The tiki-taka passing and the laser cannon shooting has got to be slowed down if were going to have the defensive AI be this bad.