Not the same on this game, the kids all still play with Madrid or Barca online and pass to those players but that's just force of habit, you can stop them easily enough. Dribbling and taking on players is nowhere near as easy, but as I said before, defending through balls seems to be the hardest part.
I'm just finishing my Copa Libertadores campaign for the 80G's on Xbox, playing as Sao Paulo vs Internacional, Inter put some insane Brazil 1970's move against me for a goal, you can't really jump in or stand off without lots of practice.