Fair enough Saudi with grey arrows vs. France on red arrows on 5* is hard. I just can't do it.
But the main body of the game for me is the ML and I'm winnin regularly on 5* with a pretty average team. Rame, Bridge, Foxe, Yoo Sang Chul, Gallas, Duff, Vogel, Zidane, Lee Chun Soo, Soetaers and...