Long ball is such difficult playstyle
Tried long ball, lost 9 times, almost consecutively and only won 2. Almost every pass is intercepted. Try lofted pass also lost heading or lost second ball. Mostly against LBC which practically, half players is inside their box. Long ball also very passive in defending so barely make any intercept toward long pass to counter.
In the end, playing LBC with 6-7 defending players and just play through ball is the only way to win consistently.
The game mechanic has some lag that make your player freeze after you lose ball so long pass to counter will always success, even through the middle where I have multiple midfielder who can intercept it. They just froze because of the game mechanic lag when switching between attack and defend AI.
Even my player is not reacting to get the ball when it is just touch opponent player for a bit.
Really difficult in playing football with this game.