The phrase comes from Spanish language football commentary culture, where dramatic live reactions are clipped and shared separately from the match itself. Y ese pase del diablo spread as a WhatsApp and TikTok audio among Spanish speaking fans who reuse commentator shouts as punchlines for highlights. Instead of explaining why a pass was good, the clip does it in five seconds with pure disbelief. It stays popular because it fits football, basketball and gaming edits equally well whenever a play looks too perfect to be normal.