Margao, Dec. 25 -- Istiklol produced a second-half fightback to edge FC Goa 2-1 in the last AFC Champions League Two 2025-26 Group D match at the PJN Stadium in Margao, Goa, as per the official website of the All India Football Federation (AIFF).

The result meant that FC Goa finished bottom of the group with zero points from six matches in their first-ever appearance in the AFC Champions League Two.

The home side, yet to register a point, took the lead in the eighth minute with Dejan Drazic finding space inside the box before finishing superbly with a curling effort into the top right corner.

Istiklol responded seven minutes later with Amirbek Juraboev testing FC Goa keeper Lara Sharma from a distance, while Siavash Haghnazari tried to...