It well could be. Then again, it could be something they couldn't make happen from a technological standpoint (it's either arrrows or player cards, can't have both).
I think what you are referring to could be achieved in the teams style, tinkering with
player support and
support range. I've set both of these values to 0 for Spain, and although the results are not breathtaking, they seem to play a more build up style.