I relish the challenge of facing any opponent. I am level 5 and have been paired with levels 9-8-8 this season in the cup and have beat them all. I am now playing against an Asian fellow who is level 7 and I lost the away leg 1-0 through a penalty after he invited all his mates to cheer him on. I am more looking forward to the second leg knowing I'm losing and don't really care if I go out. I simply love the cup and would never use manipulation as for me it would ruin the game. I play for me and for my enjoyment only. I do not play to simply fill my trophy room so that I can show it off to others.
Agreed, I quite enjoy the cup competition. CL and league matches are generally full of weaker teams, and they only annoy me with their troll results.
In a way it is a world cup. Players from all over the world take part in this competition. So although it is not the world cup in a weird way it is the world cup