REAL Madrid advanced to the final of the Audi Cup after Gareth Bale’s goal against his former club helped the Blancos to a 2-0 win over Tottenham in Tuesday’s clash at the Allianz Arena.

    The Wales international was playing against Spurs for the first time since his transfer to Madrid in September 2013.

    The 26-year-old found the net on 79 minutes after James Rodriguez headed home the opener after 36 minutes.

    Last year’s tournament winner Bayern later dominated AC Milan 3-0 to join the Spaniards in the final.

    It will be the first meeting between the two teams since April 2014 when the Spaniards ran riot in a 4-0 Champions League semifinal second-leg win en route to their record 10th European Cup triumph.

    The win boosted Pep Guardiola’s Bayern side three days after their German Super Cup loss on penalities to Wolfsburg, the only title the Spaniard has failed to win since his arrival in Bavaria.

    Juan Bernat opened the scoring after 24 minutes for the hosts with the help of a Cristian Zapata deflection, but it was new signing Douglas Costa who was the man of the match until his substitution at the break.

    The Brazilian midfielder was inspirational in combination with Mario Gotze and fellow new signing Arturo Vidal.

    Chilean Vidal almost scored twice with two thumping headers — the first hitting the crossbar on 36 minutes with the second just missing the target seven minutes later.

    Despite dominating, Bayern had to wait until the 74th minute to get a second with Gotze scoring as Robert Lewandowski completed the scoreline five minutes from time with a powerful shot that left Diego Lopez with no chance in the Milan goal.

    Overrun by the Bundesliga champion, AC Milan will look to save face against Tottenham in the third-place play-off.

    (SD-Agencies)