The middle player performs a step over turn before passing on the ball.
The player receives the ball with their kicking foot, steps over the ball with their other foot. It is with this step-over foot that the player drags the ball round to the other direction.
In the video the right foot steps over and then drags the ball with the outside of the same foot to change direction.
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