It's not about running passed the defenders..in real life people have good ball handling and in this version it sucks....simple...
Exactly... Even with first touch passes or first touch shots, the ball control is terrible...
I have only played the PC version (I don't own a console) and the response times are alarming, many times you're in front of goal with a decent striker, pressing the shoot button like mad and the player just stands there until there's three defender to block a shot he could have easily made in real life...
I also agre with those who say the result is realistic only by taking away decision making from us, the AI pressure is ridiculous, I know it makes the game hard, but it's very unrealistic to have three or four players pressing a man who just received the ball, it feels like you're playing against 18 men, because due to the slow response times your only choice is press the pass button and hope it makes it through, in real life such pressures would need a lot of stamina and organization, and teams rarely do it because a quick long pass would tear that defense apart, yet stamina in this game is weird and quick passes are very hard to achieve...
I will keep playing to get the hang of it, though...