"This is not normal": Maresca laments Chelsea's long and difficult journey to Kazakhstan
Lars Foster
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
Kazakhstan is one of the most distant destinations for European clubs, and the journey to the Asian country has become more complicated due to no-fly zones over Ukraine, Syria, and parts of Russia. As a result, Chelsea's trip for their match against Astana has turned into an unusually challenging ordeal.
Details: Chelsea's head coach Enzo Maresca remarked that spending eight hours in the air for a one-way flight to a match is far from normal. Nevertheless, the current leaders of the Conference League standings aim to deliver their best performance, even under these conditions.
Quote: "Eight hours one way is not exactly normal travel time for a game, but we have to go there, we have to play, and we want to do everything we can, keeping the next game in mind as well," Maresca told the BBC.
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