Ancelotti imposes calm before the challenge of winning the six titles at stake: "It's very complicated"

The path that leads from the Central Station of Helsinki to the Olympic Stadium requires a bucolic walk between girls and boys who play in fields and parks that have no end, cafeterias where the inhabitants take advantage of the more than 20 degrees of temperature to bet on the terraces, and the ducks happily walking along the causeway after their dip in Lake Toloviken.

Life seems to pass in slow motion from the top of the 72-meter, 71-centimeter tower that watches over the historic sports venue, built in honor of the distance

's javelin ran at the 1932 Los Angeles Games to become champion. Olympic.

That UEFA has brought a men's European final to Helsinki for the first time can be seen in the details.

Everything seems natural, even innocent.

So much so that from the same journalists' work room one could watch the soccer players pass through the corridor, apparently relaxed, and without anyone worrying.

Carlo Ancelotti

,

and

appeared in the stomach of the Olympic Stadium wanting to smile and enjoy the moment.

There was hardly any talk in the press appearance of his rival this Wednesday, an Eintracht stunned by the impossibility of having

, a footballer who from the left-handed lane conditions the backbone of the game and who will sign for Juventus.

The white trinity treated other types of debates, such as that challenge that Real Madrid has been imposed from the media pulpits, that of conquering for the first time the six titles at stake of the season.

"We will fight for all the competitions, I have no doubt about that. But winning all six is ​​something much more complicated", Ancelotti assumed without hesitation, to later warn, yes, that his squad, with the additions of

and

, " It's better than last season."

And the white coach, despite the disappointment of

's renewal with PSG, tried to argue the idea: "We have signed players who have improved the physical and technical capacity of the team. In addition, we have been working together for a year now and we can improve even more the chemistry between veterans and youngsters that was already very good last season. We all know each other better and we are more used to playing together".

Then, Ancelotti was asked if he was concerned that Benzema did not have a clear replacement in the team.

The French forward slipped the bundle.

Not so the Italian coach: "We have many strikers. A good list with Karim,

,

,

,

,

... Have I forgotten any of them? It is clear that when the best striker in the world is missing, that will affect the team. But we have alternative solutions. Replacing Benzema is impossible. Nobody in the world can do it. And if one day he gets constipated, we'll adapt."

Benzema, who with 22 titles is only three

(from whom he inherits the first captaincy this season), also did not want to influence his favoritism before the next Ballon d'Or award ceremony. "I am not here to say whether or not I am the best ".

But he did admit his progression after the departure of

in the summer of 2018: "For me it was different after Cristiano left. It is true that I have scored many more goals, but when he was there I played another type of game. It was more assistant and many other things. He helped me both on and off the pitch. But I knew I could do more. When he left I had to change my game, my ambition, and so far I've done well".

At his side, Modric pointed to the carantoñas: "I would keep all of him. He is an impressive talent and I am glad that now everyone recognizes what I have known for a long time."

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