>>714221798
They completely remade the game three times. The first game was supposed to be Ares. Then they scrapped it and made Great Road which was supposed to be a big compilation game where you manage the original games team. Then it became Victory Road. They are able to include a side mode with all the matches and characters because that was the game they were making for a couple years. The reason why the protagonist is the manager in Victory Road is because he's the same character that was supposed to be in Great Road they just gave him his own team and story.
Now they are just speedrunning changes based on player feedback like how they added 5 more optional characters to the story a month after people complained about how all the side characters were voiced by ecelebs.