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Rob Guest

Spurs team confirmed vs Bayern Munich: Nkoudou handed start as Kane, Son & Eriksen benched

Mauricio Pochettino has named his Tottenham starting XI for this evening's Audi Cup final against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.

Spurs clinched their place in the final after securing a 1-0 victory over Real Madrid on Tuesday following Harry Kane's neat finish past Keylor Navas midway through the first half.

The Lilywhites did have plenty of chances to add to the scoreline but the shot-stopper was in fine form as he produced brilliant reflexes to deny Tanguy Ndombele, Son Heung-min and Dele Alli.

While it was fairly close between Spurs and Los Blancos in the early kick-off in Germany, it was extremely straightforward for Bayern as they dismantled Fenerbahce 6-1 in the second game.

Niko Kovac's team were actually 5-0 up at the break before Thomas Muller scored their final goal of the game in the 58th minute to complete his hat-trick.

Bayern did field an extremely strong starting XI against the Turkish side but they have decided to shake things up for this evening's match with a number of changes.

The game will also give Pochettino the chance to rotate his squad once again as the new season is now just over a week away.

The vast majority of the players got at least 45 minutes on the pitch on Tuesday following nine changes at the break, with Kane and Son getting 65 minutes as they made way for Georges-Kevin Nkoudou and Troy Parrott.

Here's how Spurs start against the German side this evening:

Spurs XI to face Bayern Munich: Lloris, Walker-Peters, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Rose; Winks, Sissoko; Nkoudou, Alli, Lamela, Lucas.

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