I'm only a level 2 and I just got eliminated from the cup in a silly way. I'm better than my opponent and I win the home match 1-0, but I knew the away game would have been a struggle. My opponents strangely buys 2 penalty kicks and 2 free kicks specialists, makes up an imbalanced tactic on the right and guess what? He gets a penalty kick (I never had one against in the whole season) and a freakload of freekicks, which of course lead him to victory 3-1. 25 shots vs 11. I get more ball possession, but he has more shots and more corner kicks. I usually don't play hard making fouls but apparently my players suddenly raged.

Apparently by being a free kicks specialist you also get a "diving" bonus I suppose.
I can handle a defeat, I've been humiliated in my league, but sometimes you just call ****.
Game is still fun, I only wish I could play more to compensate from elimination.