I can only upload images; no videos appear in the library when I open it here—it only shows photos. I’ve tried uploading videos countless times, but it only allows images. Getting back to the main point: this has happened before, but only occasionally—you’d just tell yourself, "Okay, they got lucky there." But when I can't switch to the right player two or three times in a single match—or the game deliberately switches to someone else, or won't even let me switch by tapping the screen—it feels like the animation is already locked in (like from a corner kick or a restart), and I’m forced to watch the whole dramatic, slow-motion sequence of the player receiving and heading the ball in. It’s excessive; it feels less like a game and more like theater... They really need to change this. There are too many glitches resulting in goals, and the game's quirks usually work to the opponent's advantage. The automatic game mechanics do too much in every match; if you successfully defend against a header, they almost certainly intercept your clearance pass, or the goalkeeper drops the ball right at their feet just so a goal can happen... Something has to change, because this isn't really a game anymore...
I experience the same issue on corners in H2H. I hate the auto-switch in defense and have it switched off. This helps me in the overall, but on corners it’s a serious liability because I have to pre-select a defender to use and if I choose the wrong one then I’m totally screwed. Tapping to toggle to a new defender while the ball is in flight is simply too sluggish to enable me to defend corners and I give up a lot of easy ones as a result. My experience in these instances is exactly as the comment describes where it feels like the scenario is locked in once the ball is kicked and there’s nothing I can do to stop it. Would be great if EA allowed you to disable defensive auto-switch EXCEPT for dead-ball situations.
1440666fd7e443ec Hmm, so it sounds like the animations might be delayed for you, same as the OP. Perhaps I've gotten used to it, as I have been manually man-marking the usual threat target ever since and switching in between seems fine to me. I did play vs. a mate who's also in the Oceania region, so we were hosted off the Sydney server (meaning no lag; our server seems to be fine for now).
Still, a video of it would be great, especially since you are experiencing a lot more lag over the West Coast servers.
Don't know where OP's based
