League Play-Off

Estádio Pidu
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Doni Mazza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Magalhães in the 7th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the match, Atlético Carioca's goalkeeper Doni Mazza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luís Fábio Meireles. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cido Rosa got free with Doni Mazza in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cido Rosa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Doni Mazza made a huge save. Igor de Sousa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felippe Marquez in the 17th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, Atlético Carioca's goal looked a bit too open when Erik Magalhães came free, but Doni Mazza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd minute, Pidu's Luís Fábio Meireles dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Doni Mazza didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 29th minute, which inside left pole to 3-0. Doni Mazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Fábio Meireles, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Caetano de Carvalho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Doni Mazza made a huge save. Atlético Carioca's Doni Mazza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Atlético Carioca from getting a goal against them. 46 minutes into the match, Atlético Carioca's goalkeeper Doni Mazza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jonas Galvão. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell André Luiz Meirelles to make the kick off. Doni Mazza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Fábio Meireles, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Doni Mazza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Caetano de Carvalho in the 56th minute of the match. In the 58th minute, Nilson Saldanha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Atlético Carioca's Doni Mazza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Caetano de Carvalho in the 59th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Atlético Carioca's Glauco Ceresso got a free kick in the 61st minute. Doni Mazza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Fábio Meireles in the 65th minute of play. Doni Mazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erik Magalhães, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Atlético Carioca's Doni Mazza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Fábio Meireles in the 73rd minute of play. Doni Mazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cido Rosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. With a little luck, Pidu's Igor de Sousa got control of the ball when Luís Fabiano Paraibano tried to sneak it across the goal line. André Luiz Meirelles could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Igor de Sousa made a huge save. Doni Mazza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caetano de Carvalho in the 89th minute of play. In the 90th minute Erik Magalhães shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doni Mazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 93 minutes into the match, Erik Magalhães had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Doni Mazza. Atlético Carioca's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Erik Magalhães was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. For all the effort they put into the match, the Atlético Carioca players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Pidu.