It is “not normal” for a player to travel 16 hours round trip to Kazakhstan for Thursday’s Conference League encounter and then play on Sunday night against Brentford, according to Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca.
Due to renovations at their home stadium in the capital of Kazakhstan, which is 600 miles away, the Blues will have to take an eight-hour flight to Almaty, which is 3,700 miles (6,000 km) away, where they will play Astana.
Chelsea, who are presently in second position, four points behind Liverpool, will return to London on Friday morning before getting ready to play Brentford in the Premier League on Sunday at 19:00 GMT.
