How Kühbauer Sends LASK into their Champions League Debut

LASK will play their UEFA Champions League debut on Tuesday evening (6:45 PM in the LIVE ticker >>>) at AEK Athens.

The Linz side achieved the "Miracle of Linz" in the playoff against Celtic Glasgow and qualified for the Champions League for the first time.

For their debut on the biggest European stage, Didi Kühbauer is almost relying on the same starting XI as in the 5-1 home victory over Celtic.

One Change

Lukas Jungwirth is in goal, with Xavier Mbuyamba, Joao Tornich and Andres Andrade forming the defensive back three in front of him. George Bello and Kasper Jörgensen are set on the left and right flanks respectively.

In midfield, Robert Ljubicic (on loan from Athens), Melayro Bogarde and captain Sascha Horvath will feature. Up front, Moses Usor and Christoph Lang will lead the attack. Samuel Adeniran is out injured, while Sasa Kalajdzic is on the bench for the first time since his return.

The LASK Starting XI: Jungwirth - Mbuyamba, Tornich, Andrade - Jörgensen, Ljubicic, Bogarde, Horvath, Bello - Lang, Usor

The LASK Bench: Schützenauer, Schillinger, Freckleton, Danek, Kalajdzic, Schöpf, Verhaeghe, Elfadli, Dibango, Flecker, Kane

The AEK Starting XI: Brignoli - Rota, Moukoudi, Relvas, Pilios - Majer, Marin, Vitalis, Koita - Jovic, Varga

The AEK Bench: Balamotis, Kairinen, Gacinovic, Zubkov, Arriaga, Mantalos, Vida, Lykogiannis, Joao Mario, Zini