Big thanks for this new gameplay, bro. As for me, you are the one who have solid understanding of real football.
The original gamaplay was simply unrealistic because of too much freedom in the midfield and physical play complete unexistance. I've also called Fifa a women soccer simulator. If someone don't believe me, whatch a real men football, and don't consider me as discriminative person. Even players like Messi are unable to recieve ball so freely, and making even one turn should be hard for him. Most of the modern football styles are based on pass-pass-pass (including famost Barcelonas tiki-taki), but EA is considering them as drible-drible-drible. I've even counded touches players made in real life, and usual amount is 2-4 touches per pass (including receiving and passing touch).
You somhow managed to inprove all mentioned things in human controlled attaking play. AI players not leaving too much space now, they blocking me, aply phisycal pressure, and there are realy more fouls, and i had 3 penelties in 5 games.
But what about the human defencive play. The problem is i can't apply the same style with my defenders. It looks like they simply avoiding physical contact with ai attackers. And see, i'm not speaking about momental ball intercepting, or tackling winning, all i want is to be able to apply physical pressure with showders contacts and shorts pulling. It is not a problem for me to win the ball by simple containing and waiting for opposite mistake.
When i switch to legasy defending, my players are making automating tackling with a little pressure but again with NO physical contacts. And still it looks like a women football.
May be it is fifa engine restriction? If not, could you pls try to alter some parametrs to make a human defenders be more aggressive!
But any way, you managed to bring new life to fifa.