The Blues were in action in the Indonesian capital yesterday (Saturday) evening and claimed an impressive 3-0 victory over the Serie A side. Joao Pedro struck a brace in our win, with Moises Caicedo completing the scoring with a stunning volley.

We travelled straight from the GBK stadium to the airport to take a short flight to Johor, where we will face the current Malaysia Super League champions. The game, which takes place at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium, kicks off at 8pm local time (1pm in the UK) and will be streamed live on CFC+.

Given the immediate turnaround – and the fact that the majority of the players who started against Milan played significant minutes – Alonso and his coaching staff have already planned to make alterations to the Blues' starting XI.

‘The idea, with the game against Milan and then one in Johor, was to arrive at this weekend with players not being ready for 90 minutes until now,’ Alonso explained after our win in Jakarta.

‘We wanted to have a logical progression in their loads; so we had our plan and we’ve stuck to that.

‘We have another idea [against Johor]; that was decided yesterday (Friday). The idea is that many young players were coming to have chances to play tomorrow. If not, we’d have been short, as playing two games in two days is quite intense. So we will need them.’