@satfreaktom264 that's exactly what I experience (I'm from Austria by the way... 😉 ).
I did a UO Trace a few times (last year, and this year; it is a tool from EA tracing the connection between the player's device and EA's servers). EA_Blueberry helped me interpreting the results and he told me that there are many nodes between my router and EA's servers (in California) where data packets are lost and ping times are high. so there is nothing I could do to better enjoy the game. it is really a pity that the AI is not further developed (i.e. so easy to beat as soon as one got experienced a bit) and that there is no alternative MUT mode available (i.e. a Solo mode that is challenging and rewarding and does not provide incentives to follow weird strategies, for instance running backwards on punt returns, etc. -> Solo Battles leaderboard) where one could just enjoy the lineup while playing ...