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
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JTET - J2 Round 41 / J3 Round 34 Review
Episode 489 - Avispa Buzzing After First Trophy Triumph
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 40 & J3 Round 33
Episode 488 - J1 Matchday 31
JTET - J2 Round 39 / J3 Round 32 Review
Episode 487 - J1 Matchday 30
JTET - J2 Round-Up / J3 Round 31 Review
Episode 486 - Moriyasu’s (Asian) Cup Runneth Over
JTET - J2 Round 38 / J3 Round 30 Review
Episode 485 - Weekly Round-Up
JTET - J2 Round 37 / J3 Round 29 Review
Episode 484 - Kobe Prove Their Mettle
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 36 & J3 Round 28
Episode 483 - J1 Matchday 28
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 35 & J3 Round 27
Episode 482 - J1 Matchday 27 & The Return of the ACL
JTET - J2 Round 34 / J3 Round 26 Review
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