I’ve just learnt that on Thursday 16th May we have a fixture in the US, playing New England Revolution at 1.15am UK time. What on earth is going on here? We’ll have played Leicester only days earlier. Surely this is shocking preparation for the final against Arsenal?

15 minutes ago, sabin6912 said:

I’ve just learnt that on Thursday 16th May we have a fixture in the US, playing New England Revolution at 1.15am UK time. What on earth is going on here? We’ll have played Leicester only days earlier. Surely this is shocking preparation for the final against Arsenal?

Quite a big gap between that game and the final. Its weird but its modern football.

I had no idea either ... brainless ...

Sarri : "Now we need to rest. Unfortunately we have to go to the United States but we have 10 days to prepare for the final and we have to recover energy."

4 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

I had no idea either ... brainless ...

Sarri : "Now we need to rest. Unfortunately we have to go to the United States but we have 10 days to prepare for the final and we have to recover energy."

The distance is a bad idea but the game is anything but, it's two and a half weeks between Leicester away and the final, if we don't have a game in between we will go to Baku lacking match sharpness, too much rest is counterproductive.

15 minutes ago, Argo said:

The distance is a bad idea but the game is anything but, it's two and a half weeks between Leicester away and the final, if we don't have a game in between we will go to Baku lacking match sharpness, too much rest is counterproductive.

Doesn't seem like our coach agrees with you !

So take our under 21s? Problem solved.