ASEAN Club Championship

So right after I received the official match schedule, usually after the draw, so it depends like for the ACL for example, so right after the draw, by midnight of the same day, they will issue the official match schedule.

Like for Shopee Cup, I mean the ASEAN Club Championship, maybe a few days or a week later, But I will need the official, not only the draw.

After the draw, I know we will play in that But I need the official goal to know exactly what stadium.

And when as well, I

This year, the senior group is closer to 28.

Rotation becomes another form of recovery, and that matters when a player's calendar stretches far beyond the Singapore Premier League.

There's AFC competition, regional competition in the form of the Shopee Cup.

For a lot of the squad, international football.

You know, there were a few people there, and you're going to speak to one of them, but you could count the number of people in the away end.

But I've been to a few of the Shopee Cup and the ACL matches before, and I mean, that's probably about par for the course.

It's a decent turnout.

When games are coming thick and fast now, I guess people are picking and choosing which games they can attend.

So I was quite pleased with it because my first year I had a season ticket, you just got a discount for the international games.

Then last year, every single game was included.

And because they were in the Shopee Cup, this one, the ACL 2, and the League Cup and the FA Cup, God, it was brilliant value.

And then they went and put the price down.

I want your JDTs and maybe three Malaysian clubs playing in an ASEAN Super League.

Because we're seeing with the ASEAN Shopee Cup, They've got different rules.

You're allowed seven foreigners.

You've got to play four locals.

So, um, great start to, to the kind of c- the campaign for them.

They'll, they'll have a lot of matches, uh, you know, to, to c- to have to deal with 'cause Shopee Cup has started as well in ASEAN, and they have the, uh, ASEAN Club Championship that they also have to play, along with playing their Indonesian Super League matches and then ACL, ACL2.

But, uh, great start.

I don't think you can imagine a better start than getting a, [chuckles] a win away from home against the favorites in your group.

Um, yeah, can't talk.

It's been a really tough start to the season for Urawa Red Diamonds.

Uh, for those following the Shopee Cup, they lost, like, 6-0 to JDT recently.

So lose your opening matchday against Machida Zelvia may be expected as a result.

I started the show by talking to Lee about Thailand against Indonesia, and we're gonna end the show talking to Michael about Thailand against Indonesia.

But this time it's club football, and it's Port's opening game in the Shopee Cup when they hosted Persip at Thammasat Stadium.

Michael, it didn't quite work out as we hoped, did it?

No, definitely didn't.

Yeah.

And yeah, a bit of beef between fans is good as long as it doesn't spill over, you know?

And what about the rest of the Shopee Cup? Are you bothered?

Yeah, I mean, it's difficult just because there's so many games that we've got.