First Touch😥

Is anyone else constantly frustrated by how poor player first touches are?

It’s maddening. You play a perfect through ball, your attacker is in space, and instead of controlling it smoothly, the ball bounces off his feet like a brick, straight to a defender. Games swing on these moments. That split-second of clumsy control kills attacks, breaks momentum, and hands initiative away. It feels especially inconsistent. Top-rated players with high dribbling stats sometimes react as if they’ve never seen a football. And it’s not just the touch body positioning and movement often feel sluggish or unnatural when receiving the ball, making quick turns or transitions impossible.

This gameplay mechanic has to be improved, or how do you cope or adapt? Any players that actually feel smooth and reliable?