Repeating cycle of UNPLAYABLE gameplay on 10 ms ping!
I am trying to complete the African League objectives and I only need 7 more matches and 7 goals in separate games, but the gameplay has become so unplayable that I can barely leave my own half.
My players are unbelievably slow and take forever to control the ball. Even my 95-rated TOTS CR7 takes what feels like an hour just to control a simple pass. Every single player on my team suddenly has zero acceleration or responsiveness. (NO LAG!!!)
And once again, tackling simply does not work properly. When I press and hold X ( or double tap) on my ps5 controller my players only jockey or shadow the attacker instead of actually attempting to win the ball, the same for my support defenders (L1 and double L1). I am using Advanced Defending, yet my defenders constantly refuse to make proper tackle animations or commit to challenges, doesn't matter the timing or possession. They just follow the attacker around doing absolutely nothing effective. They actually leave such a massive gap in front of them that you could land a plane in that space.
This is happening all the time, not “sometimes” or “occasionally” — literally all the time in the last 10 matches. Defending feels completely broken and unreliable, especially combined with the delayed and heavy gameplay, only for me my opponent and their 87 rated gold cards run circles around my players!
And somehow my 94-rated squad is once again playing worse than bronze cards. How does this cycle keep repeating itself over and over again? One moment the gameplay is decent-ish, then suddenly everything becomes heavy, delayed, and completely broken.
What I genuinely do not understand is why we cannot have matches under the same competitive and fair conditions consistently. Why does the gameplay change so drastically so often, despite having a stable 10ms ping and no connection issues? (I tried all DNS by now, all ports forwarded, wired connection, no lag)
At this point it feels like the game itself changes every few hours rather than player skill deciding the outcome.
Furthermore, I do not even need to win the matches — I only need to score 7 goals in separate games — yet somehow this has become impossible over the last 10 matches.
How does it make any sense that I can reach Division 4 and Division 3, consistently finish Elite 1 in Squad Battles (despite horrible gameplay, overpowered CPU AI and broken difficulty levels), yet suddenly cannot even score a single goal in normal matches?
This is exactly why people are so frustrated with the gameplay inconsistency. One moment the gameplay feels playable — still far from ideal — and the next moment your entire team becomes slow, unresponsive, and completely incapable of basic football actions.
At this point the experience is absolutely horrific. There is genuinely ZERO fun in playing when the gameplay changes this drastically from session to session.
Solution:
If the game doesn't detect the basic football action the match should be cancelled and not allow to continue in this unfair conditions. The game can detected inactivity easily, so why not gameplay errors? (for example: players unable to perform tackles despite pressing the button)
