Simulation is just a cartoon. There is a certain amount of pre-set animation scenarios with several randomised parameters, like exact players positions. You can guess your opponent's orders sometimes by watching carefully, but in general who gave the pass or who lost the ball is not important and has no practical use.
Skills also don't matter on individual level, at least it seems like this. Probably they do on the team level, probably they don't matter at all. Maybe only the sum of white skills for every position matters.