Maresca on noon kick-off: We can accept one, but not two in a row

November 22 News At 20:30 on November 22, in the 12th round of the 2025-26 Premier League season, Chelsea will play away to Burnley. The game kicks off at 12:30 local time in the UK, and Blues coach Maresca expressed dissatisfaction with this arrangement.

Should the kick-off be so early after the international break?

- At least it cannot be the same team, because, if I remember correctly, after the last international break (October), we played away to Nottingham Forest at 12:30 pm. We can accept it once, but not twice in a row. But the schedule is the schedule and we will try to do our best.

On keeping the momentum going after the international break

- We have to keep it going because we know that after two weeks of international breaks, players are away from the pitch. You can understand how difficult this is and we want to keep the momentum going.