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Tottenham vs Atletico Madrid as it happened: Reaction from Melbourne as Diego Godin gives La Liga side victory

Relive the action from Melbourne as Spurs completed their Australia tour

James Mariner
Friday 29 July 2016 10:13 BST
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Diego Godin is mobbed by his team-mates after putting Atletico ahead
Diego Godin is mobbed by his team-mates after putting Atletico ahead (Getty)

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Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Tottenham Hotspur’s latest pre-fixture in Australia as Mauricio Pochettino’s men take on Atletico Madrid in Melbourne.

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Tottenham continue their pre-season campaign on Friday morning when they take on Spanish side Atletico Madrid in Melbourne, as part of the International Champions Cup. The match against last season's Champions League finalists takes place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, kicking off at 11am BST.

This is Spurs' second match at Melbourne in three days, having opened their pre-season preparations with a Champions Cup defeat to Juventus on Tuesday. Erik Lamela scored a second-half consolation as a much-changed and weakened Spurs side struggled to respond to two early Juventus strikes from Paulo Dybala and Medhi Benatia.

Mauricio Pochettino's side are using the matches against some of Europe's stellar names as prepataion for their return to the Champions League in September. Atletico beat Numancia 2-0 in their opening pre-season match last week.

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