‘Almost impossible to train' – Chelsea draft in huge FANS to combat extreme ‘code red' Club World Cup conditions
ENZO MARESCA claims the heat is hitting Chelsea's Club World Cup bid because it is 'almost impossible to train'.
The Blues boss cut short his final training session ahead of their decisive Group D game with ES Tunis as temperatures neared 40C.
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Chelsea have drafted in massive fans to cool players down in training
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Temperatures soared to nearly 40C
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Chelsea face ES Tunis in their last group game
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'We are just trying to save energy for the game.
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'This morning's session has been very, very short.
'It's been just about tomorrow's game, planning for tomorrow and that's it.
'It's not easy in these conditions with these temperatures. We are going to try to do our best.'
A draw would take the Blues through to the knockout stages with a likely date against Harry Kane's
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Chelsea captain Reece James missed training due to illness.
Maresca said: 'It's difficult to work in these temperatures but we are trying our best and will try to win tomorrow.
'It's impossible to do a normal session, otherwise you don't save energy for the game. So the session this morning was quite short.
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'We are not training, almost. We are just doing very, very, very short sessions.
'We try just to be clinical and do the right things that we need for game preparation. We have the cooling break during the game which helps a little.'
Nicolas Jackson did not join training as he is
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