AFC Asian Qualifiers - Vote for your Top Goal of the Playoffs presented by VISA

Kuala Lumpur: The AFC Asian Qualifiers ™ – Road to 26 Playoffs served up the full spread: late drama, nerveless finishes and strikes you could frame.

We've shortlisted the pick of the goals from the Playoffs — some born of slick team craft, others from pure individual audacity. Relive the moments below and back your favourite.

Saleh Abu Al Shamat (Saudi Arabia) v Indonesia

Trailing and under massive pressure, the 23-year-old answered, ice cold! Working neatly to the top of the box, he opened his body and passed a left-footer beyond Maarten Paes—clean, clinical, and his first senior international goal: a momentum swing and a milestone in one.

Zidane Iqbal (Iraq) v Indonesia

With 14 minutes remaining, Iraq clinched a 1–0 victory thanks to a superb finish from the former Manchester United midfielder. Indonesia’s Rizky Ridho surrendered the ball cheaply inside his own half, the turnover funnelled to Iqbal, and he shifted onto his left before drilling a precise low strike into the far post corner.

Pedro Miguel (Qatar) v UAE

He didn't score the opener, but his second-half header proved the dagger. With the UAE surging for an equaliser, Akram Afif bent another wicked free-kick to the far post; the defender ghosted in and powered his finish beyond Khalid Eisa to give Qatar a two-goal cushion.

Luanzinho (UAE) v Iraq

A packed Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium erupted as the playmaker met a wicked left-foot cross and thundered a header inside the six-yard box. It was classic penalty-area craft—movement, power, precision—and the equaliser that reset the tie and kept the fifth-round hopes burning.

Caio Lucas (UAE) v Iraq

Run, pass, finish — textbook. In a tense, knife-edge second leg clash, the deadlock was broken the best way possible: Yahia Nader burst through midfield and slipped a ball in behind, and Caio Lucas applied the ruthless touch, steering a clinical finish beyond the keeper.

Mohanad Ali (Iraq) v UAE

Right man, right moment, right place. Mohanad Ali put the tie level, glancing in a header from Amir Al-Ammari's free-kick from the left. A deflection off the unfortunate Nader changed little; the No. 10's instant impact and equaliser told the story.

Cast your vote below for the Visa Top Goal of the AFC Asian Qualifiers - Road to 26 Playoffs, and check back on the-AFC.com and the AFC LIVE app when we reveal the winner.

Poll ends at 17:00 (UTC+8) on November 28

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