Agreed.
There is basically no defending in this game. From the user and cpu. As long as you sprint, there's basically no tackles. You just breeze past the cpu and they return the favour.
It also generally feels to me like almost the pitch is too large. There are so many spaces all over the pitch. It's too easy pass the ball straight through the centre of the pitch and impossible to close down those spaces when defending.
I play full manual, 30 minutes and my pass percentage despite ramping up error rates and playing with a 1 star team is 90%. And there are about 45 shots per game.
Have to admit to being a little disappointed with the openess to the gameplay thus far.