Belgium game switched from Brussels after terror attack

National team will now play friendly against Portugal in Leiria after originally calling off match

Belgium football team
Christian Benteke and teammates at a Belgian national team training session in November 2015
(Image credit: Bruno Fahy/AFP/Getty Images)

Belgium football team's friendly match against Portugal will go ahead after all, after it was agreed to move the fixture from Brussels to Leiria, in Portugal.

The game had been due to take place at the King Baudouin Stadium on 29 March, but was called off after the terror attacks on Tuesday that left more than 30 people dead.

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