Antonio Conte has had to deal with a number of absences when naming his Tottenham Hotspur team to face Team K-League on Wednesday in Seoul.
Spurs have been preparing for their first match of pre-season in South Korea with tough double sessions in the heat and humidity. Now in wet conditions they will take on a team made up of the best players in Korea's Team K-League.
Conte will have to do without most of his new signings with Yves Bissouma and Fraser Forster missing out through illness while Ivan Perisic is not yet ready to feature as he recovers from a calf injury suffered on the final day of last season. Dejan Kulusevski missed training on Tuesday after pulling out during Monday evening session with what looked like a calf problem but he is part of the matchday squad in Seoul.
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With the rest of the squad Conte has chosen to mix up his team and his substitutes in order to give everyone 45 minutes and still have a strong spine to the side in both halves of the match.
New signing Richarlison has been handed a start in a front three with Bryan Gil and Lucas Moura, while Oliver Skipp partners Rodrigo Bentancur in midfield on his return from injury.
Brandon Austin is also handed a rare opportunity in goal, with Cristian Romero, Eric Dier and Davinson Sanchez making up the backline ahead of him.
Here is the Tottenham team Conte has chosen to start the match and the substitutes:
Tottenham XI: Austin; Romero, Dier, Sanchez; Emerson, Skipp, Bentancur, Sessegnon; Lucas, Richarlison, Bryan
