Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo furious at Premier League’s refusal to assist Club World Cup preparations
Chelsea have reacted angrily to the Premier League’s refusal to postpone a match at Sunderland less than 24 hours before they are due to fly to Japan for the forthcoming Club World Cup.
Manager Roberto Di Matteo said that “as usual” the Premier League had refused to help Chelsea and added that the schedule would put “a strain” on his players.
Chelsea face Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Dec 8 which, with flights and changing time zones, gives them only three days to prepare for their first match in the Fifa tournament in Yokohama on Dec 13.