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The boys review the weekend and midweek Serie A results, and Matteo is FIRED UP after another Milan defeat!

Plus, they discuss the state of active support in the A-League, the vilifying of football in the Australian mainstream media, and what turns some so-called "Eurosnobs" off the local competition.

Is that... ANTE JUKIC'S MUSIC?!

That's right, @xtweetsper90 himself is with us in the FNR studios for the first time on this programme, alongside Josh Parish, Joey Lynch and Damir Kulas.

On the curriculum tonight:

- The Al Hassan Toure "tug of war"

- Derby delights

- Robbie Fowler's long diagonals

- U17s "playing with fear"

- Youth development in the A-League era

- NBL Code Wars

& much more!

The boys review the weekend and midweek Serie A results, and Matteo is FIRED UP after another Milan defeat!

Plus, they discuss the state of active support in the A-League, the vilifying of football in the Australian mainstream media, and what turns some so-called "Eurosnobs" off the local competition.

Is that... ANTE JUKIC'S MUSIC?!

That's right, @xtweetsper90 himself is with us in the FNR studios for the first time on this programme, alongside Josh Parish, Joey Lynch and Damir Kulas.

On the Curriculum tonight:

• The Al Hassan Toure "tug of war"

• Derby delights

• Robbie Fowler's long diagonals

• U17s "playing with fear"

• Youth development in the A-League era

• NBL Code Wars

& much more!

The foals got back to winning this week, showing us what can happen when their attack is on song: A thrilling 4-goal performance that was enough to take down a very game Eintracht.

Matt gets his old buddy Abel Meszaros on the line for a chat about that game, about the hard-to-judge qualities of this year's Bayern, the staying power of Wolfsburg and Freiburg, and yes, a little bit about the boring-ass Revierderby. Enjoy!

No J1 this past weekend, but that doesn't stop us going big on this new episode of the pod, as Neil Debnam, Ryan Steele and Paul Williams, and Chris Hough all guest on various cup action in the past week.

In Part 1 Neil revels in all of Kawasaki's glory after the dramatic Levain Cup final won on penalties over Sapporo last Saturday, and we wonder if a late spurt could propel Frontale back into the ACL next year - or perhaps even see them claim a third straight league title (to 34:15).

In Part 2 Ryan and Paul guest together as we collectively try and work out how Urawa have been so good in Asia this year - after Reds made it through to their second ACL final in three years last week - despite struggling throughout the J1 season, while we wax lyrical about Shinzo Koroki after his goal settled the semi final second leg, and the tie against Guangzhou Evergrande (to 1:14:32).

And then in Part 3 Chris returns to chat about the quarter finals of the Emperor's Cup played last Wednesday, and the latest installment of his Road to the Final - the all-J2 clash between Nagasaki and Kofu.

Join Athos Sirianos and Josh Parish on another Wednesday edition of Breakfast on FNR.

In this week's grassroots segment Bernie McLeod from the National Indigenous Football Championships joins the program and Marissa Lordanic from Beyond 90 reviews all the action in the W-League transfer window.

Join Athos Sirianos and Josh Parish on another Wednesday edition of Breakfast on FNR.

In this week's grassroots segment Bernie McLeod from the National Indigenous Football Championships joins the program and Marissa Lordanic from Beyond 90 reviews all the action in the W-League transfer window.

Beyond 90's Marissa Lordanic joins the program to review the transfer activity in the W-League and touch on some of the big stories heading into another season.

Beyond 90's Marissa Lordanic joins the program to review the transfer activity in the W-League and touch on some of the big stories heading into another season.