Gaziantepspor (0) 3 - Alavés (0) 4

Alavés: Herrera; Contra, Karmona, Eggen, Téllez, Ibon Begoña; Astudillo, Desio (Geli 88'), Tomic; Iván Alonso (Jordi Cruyff 68'), Magno (Javi Moreno 68'). 5-3-2.

Goals:
1-0. 13. Yigit Hasan. Took advantage of defensive error to score in top corner.
1-1. 36. Iván Alonso. Headed past keeper after cross from Magno on right.
2-1. 45. Polat. Beat static defence in the air to head home after corner.
2-2. 55. Tomic. Squeezed ball through keeper's hands from direct free kick.
2-3. 72. Javi Moreno. Another keeper's mistake let angled shot over line.
2-4. 80. Tomic. From close up after pass from Jordi Cruyff.
3-4. 91. Abayrak. Beat Herrera with angled shot.

A high scoring match in Turkey enabled Alavés to win their first ever UEFA cup tie on Thursday night. After controversial declarations by the Gaziantepspor coach and preparations by the Gaziantep town mayor (who is also president of the club) to spice up the atmosphere, the Spanish team were met by a wall of sound by the 20,000 or so spectators in the Kamil Ocak stadium. The pitch conditions were not optimum, with heavy rain before the match adding to the poor state of the ground, and Manés decided to delay the introduction of his first choice strike pair, Javi Moreno and Jordi Cruyff, until the second half when he figured that players would be tired. Into their places came Magno and Iván Alonso, with an extra defender Eggen coming in at the back and new signing Tomic in midfield.

The ploy worked to perfection, and Alavés came back from 2-1 down at half time to score three goals in 25 minutes to advance through to the next round. They were helped however by the Turkish keeper Catkic, who let Tomic's free kick through his hands for the visitor's second goal, and then repeated the mistake fifteen minutes later to gift Alavés the lead. Tomic rounded things off with his second goal for his new club, and even though Gaziantepspor got a late strike in injury time, the result was already decided. The Turkish side were eliminated after their first tie in Europe, but their supporters warmly applauded their opponents and their fans after the match. Alavés go on to play Norway's Lillestrom in the frozen North in the next round, with the second leg thankfully in Vitoria.