From The Guardian:
Downing is the most undervalued of English footballers: intelligent, scuttlingly forceful and with some refined touches in his versatile left foot. He is an unusual English footballer in other ways too. Mainly because he seems to be getting better rather than worse with age, and fitter rather than more raddled with booze and knee‑snap. Going against the trend, he is also slightly better rather than slightly worse than he’s cracked up to be.
Undervalued and misunderstood. You don’t have to be full of speed and tricks to deliver a supply of devastating crosses. I can almost hear England fans groan when Downing gets the ball, but compare Beckham to Aaron Lennon.
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