Tottenham's Starting XI To Face Real Madrid Is Very Brave, But Brilliant

It is common knowledge that 99% of teams will go to the Bernabeu and set up with a very defensive mind set, but that's not in Tottenham Hotspur's game plan, this evening.

Spurs are around 45 minutes away from their biggest European fixture in recent history and Mauricio Pochettino has chosen a ballsy starting eleven to face Real Madrid, opting to field two strikers against Los Blancos.

Zinedine Zidane's side will have to deal with two strikers on Tuesday evening, after Pochettino decided to partner Harry Kane with summer signing Fernando Llorente.

In a rather unexpected move, Pochettino has given Harry Kane a striking partner against Los Blancos, as Llorente will be looking to make a huge impression at the Bernabeu.

Kane will also be looking to impress this evening. The 24-year-old England striker is in the form of his life after scoring an incredible 13 goals in the month of September alone.

Ahead of the Champions League visit to Madrid, speculation has been rife that Zidane and Madrid could be about to make a mammoth £170 million bid for his services.

Zinedine Zidane

Ironically, Kane and his Spurs colleagues are travelling to Spain to face Real Madrid in the Champions League, which provided the perfect opportunity for the media to ask Zidane for his thoughts on Kane's blistering form.

Rather than distancing himself from any transfer, Zidane instead called Kane a 'complete' player:

Here's how Twitter reacted to the news of Spurs' starting XI:

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Topics: Spurs, Champions League, Real Madrid

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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