Deportivo La Coruña 1 - Slaven Belupo 0

Deportivo: Molina; Manuel Pablo, Andrade, Romero, Capdevila; Scaloni, Sergio; Víctor (Rubén Castro 65'), Valerón (Iván Carril 55'), Munitis; Luque. 4-2-3-1.
Slaven: Lisjak; Pavo, Sime, Gal, Ponjak (Vojan 75'), Dunkovic; Kovac (Somocic 81'), Dalibor, Musa; Saranovic (Vojan 46'), Karabogdan. 5-3-2.

Goals:
1-0. 74. Rubén Castro. Following up after keeper blocked Iván Carril's shot.

Deportivo La Coruña's new coach Joaquín Caparrós put out a strong side against Slaven Belupo, with Sergio and Valerón returning and Luque up front. But the Catalan striker failed to convert two or three chances in the first half, and Valerón also headed a Munitis cross wide of the mark when free in front of goal. It was only when Caparrós rang the changes after the break that they were able to beat Lisjak, young substitutes Iván Carril and Rubén Castro combining for the latter to finish off after the keeper could only parry a shot from the former. A narrower lead than they would have liked to take in to the second leg in Croatia, but at least they didn't let in an away goal.