6. Epic Refereeing (Sarcasm)
This point is actually inspired by an event which happened just the other day. Two of my friends and I were playing a 3v3 match which was going nowhere in terms of goals. The score was 0-0 but we had pretty much dominated the whole game. Suddenly, our opponents caught us cold and found themselves through on goal with two attackers. My friend, playing as "Any", took control of Marcelo and slid the opposing attacker from behind just before the player slotted the ball into an empty net. Marcelo brought the player down, prevented a goal and then rightly received a... YELLOW CARD! Are you serious? Marcelo just prevented the world's easiest goal by deliberately attempting to break somebody's leg and you think that deserves a yellow card? There were no other defenders around and the keeper was on the floor crying. The penalty was awarded and the taker duly scored from the spot but Marcelo remained on the pitch and we won the game 2-1 - we would have probably lost with ten men. So come on EA. Program us some decent referees or stop calling your games realistic.