Neither moved with due diligence to a straightforward pass across the goalmouth to where Ronaldo lurked, unmarked.
There was the inexplicable moment when Wayne Rooney could be seen putting a straightforward pass out for a throw-in.
Wayne Rooney, spoken of during the week as one of the two or three best players in the world, produced what may have been his worst 45 minutes of football since turning professional, giving the ball away with what should have been straightforward passes on several occasions, while his strike partner, Jermain Defoe, gave a tepid showing that led to his withdrawal at the interval.
The Murrayfield crowd were on their feet as the hosts made ground with an expansive, flowing move but a great opportunity was squandered when Nick de Luca fumbled a straightforward pass.
Instead, it's intended to take over control during long stretches of relatively boring and straightforward driving, while also passing control to human drivers when it enters complex driving scenarios like those found in cities.
Sinfield was unable to convert, and just before the break Deacon kicked a straightforward penalty to pass 1,000 points for Bradford.
The impassioned subjectivity that Kiarostami conjures from straightforward shots of his characters passing through Tokyo surpasses even the visual enticements of his previous feature, "Certified Copy".
With Leverkusen having a suicidally high line, almost on the halfway line in fact, Messi curved his run to get beyond the defence onto a straightforward through pass from deep by Xavi.
First Puncheon drove over the bar from Lambert's pass and then the latter, given all the space he wanted to take Davis's pass on the left, misplaced a cross that Barry, with time to play a straightforward back-pass, side-footed past Hart into an unguarded corner of the net.
The goal could hardly have been more straightforward: a pass, a touch a finish, all straight lines, but that has been the story of Leicester this season.
