So he doesn't think. He just wings it. As the guy makes to side foot the ball past him, he neatly taps it out of the striker's reach.
The ball is practically at his feet now. He has at least three people he could pass it to now, but he doesn't think about that (he barely ever actually thinks in football, anyway- mostly, he relies on instinct).
And it seems that instinct was the right choice, because it carries him past five (or six?) opposition players, so easy, like plastic cones, and it takes the ball to the back of the net, bottom right corner.