This is the first review I'm ever leaving of a game. This game, despite being a great idea (and it's predecessor being a great game), is one that i would suggest avoiding for the following 3 reasons.
1: the game is relatively short and is only made longer by the "fake difficulty" added in later (this will be expanded on below). The first 5 cups take under 2 hours to beat and a walk in the park. I'm not excellent at video games and I only lost 1 out of 16 games.
2: The rewards system is small. The store was half bought by the time I finished the first series of cups in under 2 hours.
3: The game is lazily written. Wins don't feel all that rewarding, there no special scenes or events for making it to the final cups, or even winning those cups. The writing is the same for every single cup throught the game.
On top of the the game has an unbelievable "fake difficulty" once the second round of cups is reached. The CPU's know exactly where your going to pass the ball and tackle those players before they get it or right when they get it. There is no time to is the advanced passing system or shot system they developed for the game purely because your players get tackeld so often. The only reason the game is hard is because your players cannot stay standing on the field and not inky the one that has the ball, the rest of your team that is just roaming the field. It would've been great it it was made more difficult because the other team became very good at using the perfect pass, shoot, and combo system the game has set up but this unfortunately is not the case.
I'm short, this game is relatively fun if your playing casually with other friends. But the moment you try to complete the games cups the game goes from being very easy to very very "fake difficult" within a matter of 1 game. On top of that the wins are not that rewarding and the tournament is poorly written. Further more the store is small and not many rewards are added once the main cups are complete (a total of 4 items are added). If you would like to buy this game to play with friends I might recommend it but I'd your planning to play this mostly by yourself and a little with friends I would avoid this purchase.