I agree with everything the OP has said.

This is currently one of the fundamental flaws with the game at the moment, the issue with the video limit would be pointless once you realise THESE are the types of opponent you will be facing in the competition anyway, it just renders everything NULL.

All we ask for is an even playing field with similar level managers with similar team quality which is what should happen in the Champions League! I get sometimes with Cup you get OP teams because it was built like that, but being put against teams 3 levels above with full 9* makes us question why even bother or why are we being put in a competition like this? Its not rocket science; the game has been out for a very long time in development terms so why is this still not addressed?

Even if we do happen to pull off a miracle and emerge victorious we will have another 9* team waiting for us in the next game. That means we will be facing 9* opponents pretty much once per day in adjacent to a difficult league which also has tankers.