Scott McIntyre rides shotgun this week as we welcome Ryan Steele, Alex Bishop and Stuart Woodward back to the pod.
In Part 1 Ryan joins us to review the first leg of the ACL Final, that saw Urawa struggle away to Al Hilal, but with the tie still delicately balanced with the second leg coming up in Saitama on the 24th (to 16:52).
In Part 2 Alex chats about FC Tokyo climbing back to the top flight summit as they wrapped up their eight game road trip with a narrow win at bottom club Iwata, with Kawasaki doing them a solid by knocking Kashima off their perch with a 2-0 away win (to 35:12).
Then in Part 3 Stuart discusses the other big beneficiaries of Kawasaki's win, Yokohama, who rose to second, a point behind Tokyo, after their big home win over Sapporo. There's also a lot of love for Ange Postecoglou, the F.Marinos manager, following the news he has re-signed with the club for the 2020 season (to 1:02:32).
Finally, Scott and I close out the episode with a check of the other five games from Matchday 31 - including big relegation dogfight wins for Sendai, Nagoya and Tosu - and the briefest of glances at the Japan squad(s) for upcoming games.
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Scott - @mcintinhos
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Ryan - @Steelinho
Alex - @Abishop32
FC Tokyo English
Stuart - @stuartcw
Tricolore Pride
An Audience with Alex - Sarina Bolden
Episode 430 - Reds Rule the East; J1 Matchday 27
JTET - J2 Round 32 & J3 Round 21 Review
Episode 429 - Reds Rolling in ACL; J1 Matchday 26
J-Talk: Extra Time J2 MD31 & J3 MD20
Episode 428 - J1 Matchday 25 (Well, most of it)
J-Talk: Extra Time J2 MD30 & J-Talk: Short Corner
Episode 427 - J1 Matchday 24
JTET - J2 Round 29 / J3 Round 19 Review
Episode 426 - J1 Matchday 23
JTET - J2 Round 28 / J3 Round 18 Review
Episode 425 - Japan Lift EAFF
JTET - J2 Round 27 / J3 Round 17 / EC Review
Episode 424 - J1 Matchday 22
J-Talk: Extra Time J2 MD26 & J3 MD16
Episode 423 - J1 Matchday 21
JTET - J2 Round 25 Review
FC Tokyo Kai-Guys Radio Episode 5 - Albert Puig Interview
Episode 422 - Chris from J.League Journeys, J1 Matchday 19
JTET J2 MD24 & J3 MD 15
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