I am never complacent as a manager. I keep a detailed excel sheet of tactics and scores to determine what works and what doesn't. I didn't change anything at first because I was up and dominating the game. I was up 2-0 and was making sure he wasn't changing his tactics. After some 1000 games, I think I know when the game engine has decided to cheat. Opponent scored 3 goals in 5 min and then we went back to dominating the game. After his 3rd shot on goal, he had 100% efficiency.
I am always striving for 10-0 results and if you have noticed from the number of goals I score and how many I concede, most of my results are landslides. 2204 goals for 562 games. That is, on average 3.9 goals per game, compared to 0.56 goals conceded.
After he scored 3 goals in 5 min, I changed tactics to attack more but nothing worked. Also, mind you, this wasn't a 0.7 difference, this was a 17% difference in quality in my favor. My team had full moral, they were playing at home, had maximum financial incentive and had a 15% possession bonus. All advantages were in my favor.
Same thing happened with a team where I had 35% superior quality.
And no, it wasn't team tactics. We both used the same tactics. Last game we played, I beat him comfortably 3-0.
This is simply being cheated, nothing more, nothing less.
Yes, trolling happens, but it is happening too often and removes any enjoyment from the game. Someone said it makes people want to get revenge on the opponent. This isn't the case. When I see how random the results can be, I just don't want to bother anymore because there no revenge to be had. The opponent didn't beat me, the game just made me lose.