At the top of the Conference League standings to dominate unchallenged, the Chelsea he only found victories on the European field and even quite clear ones. With 18 goals scored and only three goals conceded, i Blues they are the number one threat in the competition and the prime candidate to lift the trophy into the sky at the end of the season. Tomorrow, however, the London team will be involved in a very tough away match in Kazakhstan, againstAstanaespecially for the weather conditions that the boys trained by will have to endure Enzo Maresca.
The Italian coach himself, who spoke at the press conference today, spoke about it. Complaining about extreme conditions which requires such a trip, given that it takes a 16-hour round trip to reach Almaty, where will play against Astana at -11°C. After that, Chelsea will only be able to return home on Friday morning before preparing for the match against Brentford in the Premier League on Sunday: “Eight hours (of flight, ed.) in one direction is not a normal time (for a trip, ed.) for a match, but we have to go there, we have to play and we want to try to do our best, also thinking about the next match”, began Maresca.
The Italian confirmed that several first-team players will be spared for the tripincluding England winger Noni Madueke, while Portuguese winger Pedro Neto will be suspended for Sunday’s match against Brentford. Youngsters Ato Ampah, Shumaira Mheuka, Harrison McMahon, Kaiden Wilson, Richard Olise and Harrison Murray-Campbell are part of the team that will leave: “Whoever is not involved tomorrow, first of all, will train, and they will have to train well,” he warned the 44 year old mister. “You never know if we might need one of the guys who will play tomorrow on Sunday. Ideally we prefer not to. We’ll land at 6am on Friday and it’s not normal for one of them, if he lands at 6am on Friday, to play again on Sunday. But if we need it, they will make the effort.”