World number one side Belgium will be without a host of star names for their rearranged international friendly against Portugal on Tuesday.
Yannick Ferreira Carrasco is the latest Belgium player to withdraw, with Christian Benteke, Kevin De Bruyne Eden Hazard, Vincent Kompany, Divock Origi and Jan Vertonghen already ruled out.
The match was originally scheduled to take place in Brussels but the venue was switched to Leiria following terrorist attacks in the Belgian capital on March 22 and the fallout of the disaster – which caused the cancellation of their planned game with Spain – has overshadowed the build-up.
Dries Mertens and Mousa Dembele may also be unavailable through injury and Belgium head coach Marc Wilmots confirmed the number of his players who are out will require an “adjustment”.
He said: “There are injured players and some players who maybe only 50 per cent are fit, so it requires some adjustment. But I start with the best possible arrangement.
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