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The starting lineups of Lask and Liverpool have been announced for their matchup in the second week of the Champions League group stage.

According to Sport Se, Liverpool will face Austria's Lask in their second match in the group stage of the European Champions League with a changed lineup and the presence of several young faces.

Iraola's students, who started the Champions League with a 2-1 victory against Atletico Madrid, are looking for their second European win this season tonight in Austria. The heavy 3-0 defeat against Manchester City in the Premier League made Liverpool look for a quick reaction and make up for that failure. On the other hand, Lask is looking to get the first point in this competition after losing 1-0 in the first week against AAK Athens.

The biggest surprise in Liverpool's announced lineup is the absence of Virgil van Dijk and resting the Dutch defender. In his absence, Jeremy Jaques is in the center of defense alongside Ronald Araujo, and Kostas Simikas is the captain and plays at left back. Jeremy Frimpong is on the right side of the defensive line. The simultaneous presence of Simikas, Frimpong, Terry Nyoni and Rio Ngumoha and the benching of Milos Kirkes, Alexis McAllister, Victor Muñoz and Van Dijk are the four major changes in Liverpool's lineup compared to the previous match.

The presence of 19-year-old midfielder Terry Nivini in the midfield is one of the attractive points of tonight's lineup. He is experiencing his first fixed match in the Champions League. Nyoni will form the midfield belt alongside Ryan Grauenbrech and Florian Wirtz will play ahead of these two. In the attack line, due to the injuries of key pieces such as Alexander Isak, Cody Khakpo and Dominic Soboslay, the opportunity has come to the younger ones. Bradley Barkula is on the right, Rio Ngumoha is on the left and Luis Komes is on the tip of the attack. Iraola announced before the match that despite the absence of the main scorers, he has full confidence in the quality of Wirtz and Barcola and expects the other pieces to carry the team's offensive load. In addition to the injuries of the attack line, Connor Bradley, Giovanni Leoni and Hugo Ekitike are also absent in this match.

= Lask will enter the field with three four one two system. Lucas Jungwirth is in goal, and Andres Andrade, Ivan Dibango and Xavier Mboyamba form the host's back three. Alessandro Schoepf, Meleiro Bogarde, Kasper Jorgensen and Almav play in the middle of the field, and Christoph Long is used behind the two strikers, Christoph Dunk and Samuel Adeniran.

Liverpool has fond memories of the confrontation with this Austrian team, and in both previous encounters in the Europa League, they won 3-1 and 4-0.

Lask: Lucas Jungwirth, Andres Andrade, Ivan Dibango, Xavier Mboyamba, Alessandro Schoepf, Meleiro Bogarde, Kasper Jorgensen, Almav, Christoph Lang, Christoph Dank and Samuel Adeniran.

Liverpool: Alisson, Jeremy Frimpong, Ronald Araujo, Jeremy Jacque, Kostas Simikas, Ryan Grauenbruch, Terry Nyoni, Bradley Barkola, Florian Wirtz, Rio Ngomoha and Luis Komes.