Overview

• Dejan Drazic opened scoring in the 24th minute with a deft chip from the edge of the box.
• Javier Siverio doubled the lead early in the second half with a precise header on debut.
• Reigning Oman champions Al Seeb—2022 AFC Cup winners—pulled one back but could not find a stoppage-time equaliser.
• Manager Manolo Marquez started all three new foreign signings alongside his full complement of six overseas players in a fully fit 25-man squad.
• Qualification guarantees Goa at least $300,000 in prize money and a season-long continental schedule.