FC Naples stunned AV ALTA FC with a dramatic 2–1 comeback victory on Saturday night in USL League One, snatching all three points deep into stoppage time through Nicolas Likulia's winner in the 90th minute plus five.
AV ALTA FC controlled much of the first half and were rewarded right before the break. Joaquin Acuna converted from a Santiago Higareda delivery in the 45th minute to send the hosts into halftime with the lead. Nicholas Relerford picked up a yellow card moments later in first-half stoppage time as tensions briefly flared.
FC Naples came out with more urgency after the interval. Andrés Ferrín drew the visitors level in the 65th minute, finishing off a chance created by Christopher Garcia to make it 1–1. From there, the game settled into a tense affair with neither side able to find a breakthrough in normal time. Juan Osorio was cautioned in the 88th minute as FC Naples pushed forward, and AV ALTA FC's Maboumou Alassane was booked in the 90th minute plus four as the match grew increasingly fractious.
Then came the decisive moment. Jaylen Yearwood found Likulia in the sixth minute of added time, and the substitute — or late entrant into the action — made no mistake, burying the chance to complete the turnaround. Likulia earned a yellow card for his celebration, but he and his teammates hardly cared.
The result gives FC Naples a valuable three points on the road and will leave AV ALTA FC wondering how a game they led at halftime slipped away so late.
USL League One