head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A physics-driven football game testing tackle timing and play-calling.

Execution · Competitive PvP
Football stick execution and opponent reading, salted with bounce-of-the-ball luck.
Backbreaker leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); FIFA Soccer 07 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Backbreaker
Tackle timing and ball control via physics demand precision
FIFA Soccer 07
Stick skills and timing on passes and finishing
FIFA Soccer 07 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Backbreaker
Human opponents add play-calling prediction; AI is scripted
FIFA Soccer 07
Versus humans, baiting tackles and disguising attacks matters
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Backbreaker
Physics-driven tackles add emergent unpredictability
FIFA Soccer 07
Deflections and keeper randomness swing single matches
Backbreaker leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Backbreaker
Playbook selection and field management decide drives
FIFA Soccer 07
Formations and exploit patterns are learnable meta
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.