I like the format mirroring the real world cup, and if some bots are needed to make the numbers then fine as long as the game isn't biased, I don't expect to be beaten by a bot team 20% inferior to me, the game only needs to be fair whether playing against someone else or the computer, in my tournament every group had 2 bot and 2 human manager teams, for it to be so precise that shows manipulation and an unnecessary number of bot teams, and stop changing things mid tournament, I don't expect to draw with a bot team 1 game that is 20% weaker than me then see my opponent also 20% weaker than me, so the same as the bot team then go and trounce them 5-0 coz they changed the fix they created, that's unfair and giving some teams an advantage based on when they play, I don't want to win that way or be punished by it, decide the rules, stick to them and lets have a consistent game