Don´t forget that spamming the R1 button makes the game hit you with some sort of scripting, to punish you. This is because, several yeras ago, football games were critized beacause "you could pick any player and sprint all the time, without anyone being able to catch you".
they first came with the "catch up bug" to avoid that. Lately is way more balanced, but they have to "punish" you some way, so I believe that your player and even the team plays worse when we hit the R1 button. The game actually wants you to slow down, think and wait.