I think people so want a competitor that they force themselves to overlook that in the current state it is way worse than efootball or EA FC.
But it is so obvious: goalkeeper have magnetic hands but then let in goals from the easiest positions. At first you think stats seem to matter but then you realize that the game just puts the team with the weaker OVR in worse positions which is not how stats should work.
But in the end it doesn't matter if your player is a 60 or 90, all the passes will be the same and even the shots have no difference.
There is no real thinking in build up play and the moment you see the leveling up and skins system it is obvious it is the same as FUT or efootballs overpowered cards just this time it's skins and they hide more from the outside what these do, so that it seems Fair to Play while clearly it is not and in the long run those who buy the most skin packs to get the most powered up skins have players in better position and win.
I won multiple games and none of them felt satisfying or like I outsmarted my opponent.