I had the same experience for my second cup win after my break from the game where I was a 50% team and he rest of the teams in the cup were 25%-35%!and there was one abandoned team at 76% but he had no chance as I improved my team with the resources I accumulated during the break and got a 95% team and thrashed him 5-0
I mean it's nice winning trophies especially since before he break as I said getting trophies two years ago was a challenge in the high levels but now winning trophies is so unsatisfying.I remember a post from two years ago where one of the moderators said getting trophies in the higher levels 25 and up was difficult due to people treating their money in different ways as me(never spent a dime in-game).But right now I've won more trophies in the higher levels as compared to the lower ones.WEIRD