In this week's episode Alan Gibson slid into the co-hosts chair with Jonny away, as we reviewed a huge week in Japanese football, joined by special guest Stuart Woodward.
In a brief Part 1 Alan and Ben chatted about Japan's Under 23s making it through to the semi finals of their Asian Cup with a very eventful win over Qatar (Update: Japan beat Iraq 2-0 in the semis to qualify for the Paris Olympics), and then some cupsets from the second round of the Levain Cup (to 10:18).
Then Stuart joined us to talk about Yokohama F.Marinos's remarkable (definitely Ben's word of the week) victory on penalties over Ulsan in the semi finals of the ACL, and what qualifying for a first final in the competition means for the club, and also F.Marinos's draw away at Cerezo Osaka on Saturday (to 36:05).
In Part 3 we run through J1 Matchday 10 wins for Kashima and Kyoto over Gamba Osaka and Kobe respectively, Shonan's comeback from 3-0 down to draw at Sapporo, and Iwata's win over then-leaders Machida (to 56:55), before we finish with the other five games from the weekend, a look ahead to the two Golden Week rounds of fixtures, and Alan updates us on the upcoming release of the new issue of JSoccer Magazine.
Episode 521 - J1 Matchdays 14 & 15
J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 Round 14
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Season So Far & JTSC
Episode 520 - ACL Final 1st Leg & J1 Matchday 13
JTET - Golden Week Review (J2 Round 13 & 14 / J3 Round 12 & 13)
Episode 519 - J1 Golden Week Roundup
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 12, J3 Round 11 & Levain Cup
JTET - J2 Round 11 / Levain Cup Round 2 Review
Episode 517 - J1 Matchday 9
J-Talk: Short Corner – J3, Levain Cup and Emperor’s Cup
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 10
JTET - JTSC Special (J3 Rounds 9 & 10 Review)
Episode 516 - J1 Matchday 8
JTET - J2 Round 8 & Round 9 Review
JTET - JTSC Special (J3 Round 8 Review)
Episode 515 - J1 Matchdays 6 & 7 with Sean Carroll
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 & J3 Round 7
Episode 514 - J1 Matchday 5
JTET - J2/J3 Rounds 5 & 6 Review
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