Div 5 and lower division the gameplay is about manually controlling CDMs and that's it.
It is the same as last year and it is horrible, repetitive and not fun. It is not possible to defend in this game, since the defenders are way slower in pace, reaction and phisicality, so noone wants to controll them, hence everyone is running around with their CDM. This is not a fun gameplay experience. While AI is somewhat still overpowered in defending (when not controlling the players) the attackers AI are not as smart, makes it very hard to score a goal.
Manual defending should be more rewarding and AI defending should be less rewarding.. AI defender should not track so closely the skill moves, turning etc.