Chelsea have made a host of special arrangements to handle the more than 6,000km trip to Kazakhstan on Thursday.
The Conference League draw gave Chelsea an away trip to Astana, which has served as a significant logistical challenge for the club to organise.
Astana is the capital in central Kazakhstan but the match will be played in Almaty, 1,200 km away, in the south of the country, amid renovations to the club's home stadium.
Chelsea have been given dispensation from Uefa to hold an early press conference and training session in Surrey, instead of the usual pre-match preview events typically hosted in the home country, to help manage their travel plans.