Watch clips of any older FIFA game, and it's genuinely astonishing to see how much worse 23 is than all of them. (If you want the game to play out like a football match.)
It's not an exaggeration. Just look at the defensive positioning, look at the user having to unlock the midfield/defence to score, look at the general movement.
Whether it's old-gen FIFA 14...
Next-gen FIFA 14...
FIFA 16...
FIFA 17...
I could go on.
When you compare that to this (which honestly is a constant, even on the hardest difficulty - unless you flick "competitor mode" on and turn every player on the pitch into Prime Neymar)...
... it's just so blatant. And sad.