Downing, who had been rebuffed twice by Wood, refused to give up. Instead, his strong desire to win had been ignited as a result of this. Downing did not believe that he would suffer a third setback by the same person today.
It was yet another attempt at a breakthrough from the wing, and Downing decided to stop playing any tricks or flowery actions, and instead, relied solely on his speed to overpower this opponent. He attributed his previous failure to the fact that he had kicked the ball too softly, causing the ball to be too slow. As a result, Wood happened to be able to intercept the ball right after he turned around.
This time… I won't make any more mistakes!
"Downing dribbles the ball and attempts to breakthrough. He is very fast! It's really praiseworthy…." Gray was so engrossed in this young man's performance, that he almost overlooked another young man.
