Is it really true? Is it only possible to play a friendly match when playing multiplayer..? There's got to be a solution!!!!

That thing was from the time when fifa97 was made
no solution
sorry to say
but u can make ur own league in which u and ur friends write the points and play against each others in turn
sorry but no other solutions

Do anyone know if there's some kind of patch for this problem?

Sheringham10 I don't think you played Fifa 99, or Fifa 2000. In this games was possible to play custom league in multiplayer !!!.

And your solution isn't a real one: Score is easy to count but with red or yellow card (player are suspended for the next match), or with injuries and more other.

I think EA sport FORGET to implement this feature and will be a patch soon.