In case it’s a constant feature of the game, I’m planning to keep a third keeper in my squad for the first time ever on PES. I’ll keep you posted about whether stamina levels improve.

I believe that you can have your cake and eat it, though. You can set up a ML with the matches themselves on Top Player, but choose the Easy/Very Easy *Master League difficulty* levels. This regulates how stamina-challenged your players will be.

Like woah. Is their stamina/condition just that pitiful? WTF?

This is why I could never play a hard ML on PES 6. The lack of stamina and constant rotating required by the harder difficulties was just too much for me.