they were passing the ball into the congested middle and lost the ball despite having players free (non-marked or not tightly marked) on the flanks to receive the ball, and also despite having ordered them to pass through the flanks. It was as if it was like a sort of 'punishment' from the game for not doing the required number of trainings. This might be coincidence also.
I don't believe this thing can happened from the missing training.
Maybe it was from something else, maybe could be from a no victory bonus or a lesser than oppo - just an example
but ...
when I see in a next game I play, that I 'm not the favorite cause of the 2 missing training (and don't have the time or the greens to replenish condition)
I train a crap player from the bench, twice and then I can see in match preparations that again I 'm the favorite.
Why am I doing that ?
Maybe to secure that the match simulation wouldn't be "stronger" than my coaching