Lillestrom 1 - Alavés 3

Alavés: Herrera; Contra (Djolonga 55'), Karmona, Eggen, Téllez, Geli; Desio, Tomic, Ibon Begoña; Iván Alonso, Magno (Vucko 57'). 5-3-2.

Goals:
0-1. 02. Ibon Begoña. Header following cross from Iván Alonso.
0-2. 21. Téllez. Beat keeper with shot after centre by Ibon Begoña.
0-3. 47. Contra. Long shot from outside of penalty area.
1-3. 55. Helland. Poked in after goal mouth scramble.

Alavés got off to a good start against the giants of Lilleström, winning the first leg 1-3 with a good all-round performance. The Norwegian side contained six players over 1.92m tall, and technical staff were concerned about their dominance in the air when compared to the average 1.80m height of the Spaniards. For that reason Mané brought in an extra tall defender, Eggen at the back, himself a fellow countryman of their opponents, and played Ibon Begoña further forward on the left in order to cut out attacks down the wing. In the end though Alavés were far superior to the Norwegians, who had just finished their league in sixth place, and any thoughts of a hard battle dissipated when Begoña headed Alonso's cross past Baron before the game was two minutes old.

Mané has been rotating his players in the European matches, and with Moreno and Cruyff in reserve, Magno and Iván Alonso took up the front positions. The goals however when they did come were scored by their defenders, with Téllez beating the offside trap for the second in the middle of the first half, and Contra adding the third from just over the halfway line after the restart when he spotted the keeper off his line. With the tie already in the bag Mané used the opportunity to bring on three players who have not had much opportunity so far, Djolonga, Mario, and Croatian Jurica Vucko, making his first appearance for his new club after picking up an injury at the start of the season. Lilleström finally got a consolation goal from Helland near the end, and with two minutes to go Alavés should have made it four after Vucko was fouled in the penalty area. However Iván Alonso put his spot kick over the bar. It probably didn't matter anyway, and the Vitoria based side should have no trouble in securing their pass through to the third round in a couple of weeks time.