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 524 - Cup Roundups & High Fives for the Samurai Blue
J-Talk: Extra Time – Levain Cup & J2 Round 19
J-Talk: Short Corner - Levain Cup & J3 Round 16
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 18
Episode 523 - J1 Matchday 17
JTET Short Corner Special - J3 Round 15 Review
JTET - J2 R17 / Levain Cup R3 / Emp. Cup R1 Review
Episode 522 - ACL Heartbreak for F.Marinos, Levain Cup & J1 Matchday 16
JTET - J2 Round 16 Review
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
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