Severe Gameplay Issues and Unfair AI Behavior

I have encountered several unusual and frustrating gameplay behaviors in FC27 Career Mode. These issues occur at different difficulty levels, including World Class and Legendary. They are particularly noticeable in certain cup competitions and pre-season matches.

The following issues have been observed:

Player Physics and Physical Duels

• Haaland gets pushed off the ball by a significantly shorter midfielder.
• During the FA Community Shield against Arsenal, Gyökeres was extremely difficult to challenge physically, even for Rúben Dias and other physically strong defenders.

Passing and Input Responsiveness

• Passing feels unusually heavy, even when it is not raining.
• Pressing the pass button sometimes causes the player to perform a ball juggle instead of passing.
• There can be an unusually long and inconsistent delay between pressing the pass button and the actual execution of the pass.
• When passing to a winger with open space ahead, the receiving player often slides instead of controlling the ball. This happens at least five times in some matches.
• The same issue can occur when passing from a defender to a CDM near the goal area, resulting in a loss of possession.

Player Switching and Defensive Behavior

• Player switching sometimes moves the cursor to an unintended player.
• Switching with either the left stick or L1 can select a player far away from the intended target or respond extremely slowly.
• After switching players, the entire defensive line can become unresponsive for several seconds, allowing the opponent to pass through easily.
• When defending near the goal, CBs sometimes move unnaturally away from the center.
• Players sometimes freeze instead of attempting headers, both when attacking and defending.

Attacking AI and Player Movement

• Centre-forwards still do not make consistently direct runs in behind. Instead, they sometimes move sideways or drop backwards.
• The Advanced Forward role does not produce the expected attacking movement. Players sometimes move all the way towards the touchline or drop deep to receive the ball instead of staying in dangerous positions near the goal.

Difficulty and CPU Behavior

• In certain cup competitions and pre-season matches, the opposing teams are disproportionately strong compared to the selected difficulty.
• Even when changing the difficulty from Legendary down to Professional, the CPU continues to display extremely accurate play, physical strength and ball retention.
• This behavior remains consistent even when the opposing players have significantly lower physical attributes.
• The physical strength, ball retention and lack of mistakes shown by the CPU do not seem to change appropriately with the selected difficulty.

These issues result in several situations where gameplay feels highly unnatural and unfair, with what seems to be an unintended advantage for the CPU and disadvantages affecting player control on the user’s side.

I would appreciate an investigation into these issues, particularly regarding player physics, passing responsiveness, player switching, attacking AI, defensive positioning and CPU difficulty balancing.