Welcome to the fifth of six matchdays, the dumbest yet of this UEFA Conference League “league phase” where we traveled all the way to East Kazakhstan to face Astana.

Enzo Maresca hardly brought as many experienced professionals as a team, so we have a lot of young talent in the starting line-up and even more on the bench. Could be fun!

Let’s go.

Astana starting eleven:
Seisen | Bartolec, Kalaica, Kažukolovas, Vorogovskiy, Ebonh, Charles, Tomasoc (C), Marochkin, Camara, Amanović

Substitutes of: Zarutskiy, Čondrić, Bystrov, Kuat, Ahanonu, Beisebekov, Osei, Astanov, Basmanov, Gripshi, Karimov, Zhaksylyk

Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Jorgensen | Veiga, Tosin, Disasi (c), Acheampong | Dewsbury Hall, Rak-Sakyi | George, Chukwuemeka, Neto | Guiu

Substitutes: Bergström, Merrick, Dyer, Olise, Murray-Campbell, Wilson, Vale, Ampah, Mheuka

Date/Time: Thursday, December 12, 2024, 15:30 GMT; 10:30 a.m. EST; 9 PM IST
Venue: Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referee: Sven Jablonski (on the pitch); Pascal Müller (VAR)

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Be great to each other and keep celebrating, guys!