Chelsea are now in Kazakhstan as they play their penultimate match of the UEFA Conference League league phase this afternoon against FC Astana.
The Blues are in a very strong position, sitting at the summit of the newly-formatted group stage, and have chosen to leave some of their key players behind for the 7,000-mile trip. Enzo Maresca revealed on Wednesday morning that some of the Blues' brightest academy players will get the opportunity to feature against Astana on the European stage.
It makes it that much more difficult to predict exactly what sort of team the head coach will field in the sub-freezing temperatures in the city of Almaty, where Astana are temporarily playing their home fixtures. Either way, Bobby Vincent has given it a good go below...