Jonny and Ben begin this episode with a look back at the ACL Elite and ACL Two action from last midweek, and after celebrating the progress of Machida, Kobe and Gamba Osaka (and commiserating with Hiroshima), we discuss whether these two competitions will actually be played to completion due to the ongoing situation in the Middle East (to 18:15).

Then in Part 2 we dive in on the J1 matchday, beginning with the west (to 33:55), then moving on to the east (to 57:50), before we finish the pod with a look at some potential European-based call-ups to Hajime Moriyasu's next Japan squad.