Attacking in this game

It's very very annoying to break down the defence when you have the ball in final  third your stuck because of this "manual defending" players are onto you like killer ants. it's impossible to pass through the middle of the pitch. 

I don't know how these players are doing this but 1 defender can close down 3 different offensive players in 1 go. How can 1 player be in so many different positions on the pitch so quickly? 

How can a player take such a long stride up and down left and right to stop each and every ball. 

This is not normal. This is meant to be a football game but you turned it into a restrictive Arcade pinball machine game.