Chelsea's travel plans have been confirmed for their Conference League away match against FC Astana on Thursday.
Chelsea's travel plans have been confirmed for their Conference League away match against FC Astana on Thursday.
Enzo Maresca's Blues will travel to Kazakhstan to face Astana, however they will play at the Almaty Ortalyk Stadion rather than in Astana due to renovations to the club's home stadium.are on the verge of securing qualification to the last-16 of the Conference League after winning all four of their League Phase matches, beating KAA Gent, Panathinaikos, FC Noah and 1. FC Heidenheim.
With a long-haul flight awaiting Chelsea, Maresca will face a decision over who he will select to travel to Almaty for the clash which will take place in freezing conditions. Cole Palmer, Romeo Lavia and Wesley Fofana will not travel as a result of not being registered for the first part of the competition. Maresca has rotated the side for the European competition and is likely to do so once again on Thursday following, 11 youngsters - Harrison Murray-Campbell, Kaiden Wilson, Tyrique George, Kiano Dyer, Harrison McMahon, Samuel Rak-Sakyi, Ato Ampah, Max Merrick, Josh Acheampong, Shumaira Mheuka and Richard Olise - have been listed in their updated squad list.
Maresca and the Chelsea team will travel on a direct eight-hour flight, however when they arrive the club's players will avoid adapting to the Kazakhstan time zone which is five hours ahead of the United Kingdom to ensure minimal disruption is caused.
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