With my alt team lv3, I played in the second round of the Cup against a manager lv6, playing in a league lv5.

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In the first game I won
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but in the second game, he bought some players, 4*-5* for him, but 7* for me and he eliminated me
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That's the game. You can live with that or play in a different way.
Everyone can choose how to play