Your team is stuck on one side of the pitch. Three of their players have squeezed over there, so your centre-back passes back to you. On the far side, your other full-back is standing in acres of space.
That side was crowded before you got the ball, and it still is. Passing back into the pressure invites the interception, close to your own goal.
If one side is crowded, the other side has space. You have the best view of the whole pitch, so you are the one who can move the ball over there. A set touch and a driven pass, and your team is attacking into space.
It gets the ball away from danger, but it is a coin flip who wins it. You had a free player and time to find them.
Practise it with Switch It, Keeper Rondo.