Australia’s Central Coast Mariners were crowned champions of the 2023/24 AFC Cup after an 84th minute goal from Alou Kuol saw them edge out Lebanon’s Al Ahed in Sunday night’s final at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Oman. Mark Jackson’s Mariners achieved a significant milestone in their AFC Cup debut, becoming only the second Australian club to clinch an AFC competition victory, following in the footsteps of the Western Sydney Wanderers who won the AFC Champions League in their tournament debut a decade earlier. Sunday’s final not only marked the culmination of this season’s AFC C…