Ok but Ander Herrera has insane stats in Aggression, Anticipation, Determination, Work rate and is very good at Tackling, and has good Bravery. Of course he's gonna be winning balls like that. What was your teams mentality here? Your passing range? Your tempo? What was Koke's role in this match? You can also see in this second clip, that your opponents press was most likely triggered when your midfielders got the ball, so maybe Koke just wasn't expecting the press. Also the striker is running like a madman at him, maybe he was trying to evaluate what to do. People do tend to panic a little when someone comes charging at you. Maybe he didn't notice Herrera coming, because he was distracted by the other playing running at him at full speed. Also he got like barely a second on the ball before there were two players on him, very tough to not make a mistake in a situation like that.
And even if despite all of that he was supposed to do the right thing here and pass it back quickly to a safe option, It could have just been a "bad" day for him. Players make mistakes all the time, even world class ones.
And if you look at real life, even small teams have had great success when pressing very aggressively againts opponents who like to control possession. But it does come at a risk, a disorganized team shape and defence. So they leave a lot of space to exploit. If they press you centrally, then they will probably leave a lot of space on the flanks. Thats why your players will funnel the ball to those areas. If you need to make a quick decision of where to pass the ball, before the opponent presses you down, the simplest option is to pass it to the guy with the most space in front of him i.e. a fullback or a winger. The opponent will then either hunt down your winger and leave space in the middle or try to compact the middle of the pitch, leaving your winger to go down the flank and try to cross it in.
For example:
compressed_florenzigoal.mp4
They are defending very narrow here, so we naturally move the ball to the flanks to my LB who is on a FBa role. My midfielder can hold off their press (they gave him plenty of time to receive the ball, turn with it and find a teammate) and the diamond we create on the flank helps us cut them open. You can see that we always have a spare man in very close proximity and we also play on an attacking mentality which means my players will try the more riskier passes. I also have shorter passing and higher tempo ticked here.
I'm sure there are some problems with the ME, but a lot of it also depends on your roles, duties, team mentality, passing range, player ability of both your players and the opposition, tempo, width, available passing options...
I'm not saying the ME doesn't need tweaking, but this is a complex game and there are a lot of factors to consider.. Not everything can be perfect all the time, even when you have the best players in the world.
It's frustrating when you're trying to do certain things in the game and it's not working and usually the simplest thing to do is complain about the ME, but It's a complex engine and a lot of variables come into play.
I mean all I just said could be bullcrap, that's just how I think about it.