Nicolas Jackson's return from injury has been well timed for Chelsea, as the Blues look to land the Europa Conference League trophy and book a return to the Champions League for the first time since 2022-23.
The Senegalese has bagged nine goals in 25 games this season, turning himself into Enzo Maresca's first-choice striker following an up and down beginning to his Stamford Bridge career.
Not that early starts have always been a problem.
"Sometimes we trained very early in the morning, especially when the sun was very hot," Pere Badara Sarr, the Casa Sports coach who discovered Jackson in Senegal, told BBC Sport Africa.