They don't walk through my defense either. They chip it and my defense moves out of the way for them. This coincides with the moment konami won't allow me to change cursor. Yay scripting!
You only need to look at the way a majority of these clowns play the game online to see how broken it is. No variety whatsoever. Just continue to spam the glitch method that works best for them.
How many absolute tossers (in the way that they play) have you come across online? You know why? ...Because it's effective in this joke of a game.
Tell me how pressing X, L2 (my special controls), R2, or ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL can make the same tackle animation?
...Because all those extra fancy buttons and controls mean fuck all because konami decides what will happen. Common sense or not.
I'll say it again, you only play against konami's broken system, NOT THE OPPONENT.
Why is konami determining who receives my passes when I'm playing on fully manual?? and why is it always someone WHO HAS NO BUSINESS COMING TO GET THE BALL?
Why are there certain times where I'm GUARANTEED not to be able to switch cursor until the obvious recipient of the pass has received it, or if I do, it's to someone who has nothing to do with the play??
IMO, there are so many things wrong with this series it's time to call it quits or start from scratch.