Delightful move by a footballer in a difficult position (6,4)

'a footballer in a difficult position' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'delightful move' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'move' could be 'pass' (passing is a kind of moving) and 'pass' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pretty' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'by' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?