Let's talk about something I read before a couple of months.
Don't remember that post but someone said that he would play against a weaker if I 'm right team in a CL (or Cup) final.
That team was his friend.
Previous day (or night) his friend-rival set some friendly games with him but lost them all (3 it as ?).
But the next day he won him in his final. He was asking if this was something like a trick or spoiler.

I had a tough CL final vs a team with good quality but -1 LV ( +130% for his lv, 110% for mine). Also had some mutants and well trained players.
Also he was from Indonesia and had the advantage of time as the game was 05.40, sleeping time for me.
So I thought why not to try this trick.

I set the game from asso so he had the advantage of quality - even if I don't believe that a +-10% q makes any difference.
I din't want to play hard, wanted to make a test for formations but not to win the game, so I set normal-easy-no orders.
1-0, 2-0 , so I made a sub, my regular GK with a 2* academy from the bench.
2-1 the final score
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the rates ,
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Meanwhile in his previous CL game, lost in the 2nd leg from Porto (he was unbeaten so far in League and CL where I could monitoring him) with only one draw.
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And me had a super score in my League previous day. The best so far.
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So I thought damn, all the odds against me

But I won without being present, only he with a lot of supporters that gave him the 15% .
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with my GK earning the Motm
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So friendlies before, after, whatever, don't count. No tricks there.
Victories by stats, chances, %, not exist.
Neither a circle of good game-bad game-good game-bad game