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Can Wilz take on Liverpool after losing the ball 18 times?

10:04pm, 16 August 2025Football

The new season of the Premier League kicked off, with defending champion Liverpool narrowly defeating Bournemouth. The highly-watched Mr. Wilz lost 18 ball rights in his first game, and it seems that he has not adapted to the intensity of the Premier League.

From the Bundesliga to the Premier League, Wiltz takes time

In addition to losing 18 ball rights, Wiltz also lost 7 confrontations (10 times in total). Mr. Yuan did not judge the intensity of the Premier League team accurately enough. He was intercepted by the defender from behind and from the side when he got the ball many times. The simple handling without confrontation is very spiritual, and it is also very skillful to shoot directly without stopping the ball in the last kick. Wiltz's pass-and-receive ability does not have much problem with the intensity of the Premier League, but due to excessive pursuit of passing threatening the ball, his pass success rate is only 77%, which gives the opponent a lot of opportunities to convert ball rights.

The attitude towards the game is fine, and it is not a big problem to slowly adapt to it. From the Bundesliga, where the defense is relatively loose, to the Premier League, where the game is very paced, Wirtz needs time to adapt to this change. Despite losing the ball many times, Wiltz made up for it with active counter-attacks and fill-ups, showing a good game attitude, which will help him further adapt to the Premier League atmosphere.

In this game, only Ekitic performed well among the many new players from Liverpool. Even Kolkz, the best team in the Premier League last season, needed time to integrate into the system, not to mention Wilz from the Bundesliga. Fans should be patient with this Reds core.

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