gameplay issues

Hello EA,

I am writing to report ongoing gameplay issues and frustrations in Career Mode in EA Sports FC 26. I enjoy football games and want a challenging experience, but many mechanics currently feel unrealistic, inconsistent, and unfair rather than competitive.

Over the last several matches, I have consistently experienced the following problems:

• Opponent AI wins the ball unrealistically fast, sometimes almost instantly after I receive possession.
• My players often feel slow, static, delayed, and unresponsive compared to the CPU team.
• CPU teams perform extremely fast passing combinations in and around the penalty area while my defenders react too slowly or stand still.
• Defenders frequently fail to track runs even when defensive tactics are correctly set.
• Through passes often go directly to opponents despite aiming toward open teammates.
• Headers travel unrealistic distances and behave like perfectly accurate passes.
• Loose balls and rebounds repeatedly return to the CPU team as if magnetized.
• CPU dribblers feel impossible to approach or tackle consistently, almost as if protected by invisible shielding or collision advantages.
• Physical duels feel heavily unbalanced, with my attackers being pushed unrealistically far away.
• Offside decisions feel excessively sensitive to tiny body parts such as heels or shoulders, even when the attacking player is moving away from goal.
• Goalkeepers receive extremely low ratings because defenders allow repeated close-range chances, making goalkeeper performances feel unfairly judged.
• Match ratings and Player of the Match decisions often feel disconnected from actual match impact.
• Momentum/snowball effects feel too aggressive:
  • after conceding one or two goals,
  • my entire team becomes noticeably less responsive,
  • while the CPU becomes significantly faster and more accurate.

The overall gameplay experience frequently creates the feeling that the CPU has artificial advantages rather than realistic football intelligence.

I respectfully ask the gameplay team to review:

• player responsiveness,
• AI passing precision,
• defensive awareness,
• loose ball and rebound balance,
• collision physics,
• tackling consistency,
• and the strength of momentum systems.

I believe the game would feel far more realistic, skill-based, and enjoyable with better balance in these areas.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Best regards