The Benin right back chipped the ball forward, aiming a pass towards his team's left winger, who was making a run forward.
{Interesting pass over the top}
The Benin left winger ran for the ball while his teammates also began running forward, hoping to support him as soon as he could bring the ball under control.
Troost-Ekong was already moving to cut off the pass as Aina was out of position, but it was clear that Troost-Ekong would not reach the ball in time as the Benin left winger was much closer to the ball's landing spot.
However, Troost-Ekong had already scanned across the field and saw that his teammates were on their way to support him, so all he had to do was stall for time.
It might have been a difficult task if he was all alone at the back, but there were still two other defenders covering the center for him, so he could focus on slowing down his opponent.
