Episode 617 - J1 Matchday 12

Jonny and Ben begin this episode with a look back at Machida's gallant effort in the ACL Elite final (to 9:00), before Hiroshima correspondent Robert Turner returns to chat about Sanfrecce's season to this point, their win over Cerezo Osaka on Saturday and his hopes for the remainder of the CEJLC (to 29:15).

Then in Part 3 we run through the other three games from the west (to 46:35), before we finish off with the four games from the east and a look ahead to the first two rounds of J1 Golden Week fixtures. #Quick update: Following their latest defeat, Urawa sacked manager Maciej Skorza on Tuesday#