Auto switch move assistance setting DOESNT WORK

my opponent plays a lofted through ball, then my cpu switches to Kimpembe. https://files.fm/u/jr7m22aetn (clip)

i am pointing left stick towards my GK the whole time!! (I have no drift) & yet cpu takes control of kimpembe by changing his running path!! He gets stuck running towards the corner flag and does not follow my manual control

this happens over and over again, game after game from lofted trough balls like this one where cpu switches to defender afterwards

The setting reads: Auto Switch Move Assistance KEEPS the player who you have auto switched to MOVING IN THEIR CURRENT DIRECTION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

This gives you time to orient your intended direction for the new player.

The higher the assistance level, the longer the period of time the player will run.

I have this setting turned OFF always and yet I have this issue every game which means the setting is broken