Chelsea make the eight-hour trip to Kazakhstan for their Conference League match against FC Astana on Thursday.
players who travel to Almaty, it will be a long flight mid-season for the Blues as they conclude the League Phase in the Conference League.
"Eight hours is not a normal time for a game, you know, but we have to go there, we have to play, try our best and thinking also about the next game," said Maresca. "We have a session now, then we fly there, eight hours, then we arrive, have dinner, then bed," the 44-year-old said on Wednesday morning prior to flying. "Fortunately, they are five hours ahead of us so that means when we wake up tomorrow, it is already midday here in England.
"We are going to be there less than 24 hours. It is more the flight, the temperature, and on Friday we are going to land about 6 o'clock in London and it is already Friday and we have a game on Sunday but we have to play."
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