'I like that a lot' - Jose impressed with Belingham's 'demanding' attitude with teammates

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Without a doubt, he is very demanding of himself, very demanding of others—that's one thing I like very much.
I've agreed with him that my way of seeing football, my way of seeing Júlio, Júlio,
I no longer wanted to see him defending almost as a left full-back, which I've seen him do countless times.
To be honest, the team that Benfica beat last year in the group stage,
We've exploited Julio's situation of having to come out from the center to defend on the left way too much.
We have reorganized the team differently, where he perfectly knows what he needs to do and feels very comfortable doing it.
He likes that everyone is doing it, I am very happy with everyone because everyone is doing it.
But it's true that in the last 20 minutes we've lost a bit, not that I'm saying we're hungry,
But when you're winning 3-0, there can be a tendency to lose focus a bit.
people who maintain the same level of concentration until the very last minute, others who relax a little
And that's precisely the feeling we've all had—keeping control of the match all the way.
but we have somewhat lost this organization that allows us to exert pressure, that allows us to bite.
which allows us to recover balls, high balls without having to descend
which is gradually becoming a characteristic of this team,
But it's also normal that we don't have either gasoline or the mindset to do it in 90 minutes.
It also seems normal to me; it's something that has to be progressive.
