Enzo Maresca has canceled a day off for senior chelsea stars after they flopped in a training session with the U21s of the club.
The players of the first team who did not leave for international duty would enjoy Rest on Thursday.
But Maresca was so furious because of the standards he saw during Wednesday's session that he changed his mind and demanded that they show up again at the base of the club in Cobham.
The Italian did not tell the players uncertainly that he would not tolerate addicted if Chelsea is approaching the business end of the season.
The blues boss made it clear that he expected that every member of his team would give the maximum if the Chase Champions League qualification and Europe Conference League Glory team.
During the International Break, Maresca worked with the squadium of the first team to stay with the club after Captain Reece James and Enzo Fernandez joined their countries.
Jadon Sancho, Christopher Nunku, Romeo Lavia, Benoit Badiashile, Tosin Adarabioyo and Malo Gusto belonged to the players who were not called for their national teams.
However, it is unclear whether one of them was involved in the training match.
Blues -Baas Maresca was bitter disappointed to see Chelsea Youngsters outwork and better perform than senior stars.
It was claimed that a team consisting of players under the age of 21 and even some from the under-16s won 3-0 against one side of which the core was first teamers.
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Donnell McNeilly, from the Under-21s, is said to have scored twice, with Chizzy Egeswata, 16, who claimed the other.
But it is understood that there was no formal match and the promotion was part of a stop-start training session.
Nevertheless, Maresca was upset enough with what he saw to punish the first teamers and to lay down a marker for the rest of the season.
A number of international stars from Chelsea went back to training today and the standards are supposed to have been much higher.
The blues will be back in action next Thursday with a London Derby against Tottenham.
In the meantime, the alienated owners of Chelsea from the pitch are united in their mission to demolish Stamford Bridge.
Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali have set aside their differences to agree to pursue a completely new stadium instead of redeveloping their current house.
But it is still to be seen whether Chelsea will remain at the bridge during the construction of a new land.
Boehly is supposed to prefer to build a new stadium on Earl's Court, while Twickenham could be used as a temporary house.
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