The president of the Portuguese Football Federation, Gilberto Madail, told Radio Renascenca the match will be held during the first two weeks of January at Lisbon's 65,000-seat Stadium of Light.

The venue hosted the Euro 2004 final on July 4 in which Portugal lost to Greece in one of one of the biggest shocks in football history.

Money raised from ticket sales for the game will be handed over to charities working to aid victims of Sunday's earthquake-triggered tsunami, which the United Nations has warned may have killed up to 150,000 people.

SOLARI TO JOIN BARCA
AFP, Barcelona
Real Madrid's Argentine midfielder Santiago Solari will join arch-rivals Barcelona in June 2005, sporting daily AS reported on Friday.

Barcelona club president Joan Laporta said he had secured the services of Solari whose contract with Real expires on June 30 next year, according to the newspaper.

Barcelona, on top of the Spanish league, refused to comment on the matter when contacted directly.

AS mentioned the FIFA rule which allows players to negotiate freely with clubs of their choice during the last six months of their contracts.

The 28-year-old Solari will allow coach Frank Rijkaard to regain balance on the left flank since the departure of Luis Garcia to Liverpool and will give more freedom to 2004 World Footballer of the Year Ronaldinho.

Solari, bought by Madrid in 2000, has made few appearances in Madrid's starting line-up.

HENCHOZ HITS OUT AT BENITEZ
AFP, Liverpool
Swiss international defender Stephane Henchoz is set to leave English Premiership giants Liverpool and he admitted on Friday that he couldn't leave fast enough.

The 30-year-old slammed Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez for leaving him out in the cold since he took over from Gerard Houllier last summer having made just four appearances, three in the League Cup and one in the Champions League.

"I am the king of the outlaws at Liverpool and my time is up at the club," said Henchoz, whose contract runs out in the summer.

"As far as they are concerned, I no longer exist.

"If I now leave it will be as a free agent and Liverpool won't make a single penny from me."

"After what the manager has done to me, I'm not going to give him any presents."

The Swiss centre-back says he has been made to train with the other out of favour players and could be on his way to relegation candidates Southampton.

"I need to find a challenge that excites me and a club that really clicks with me," he said.

"I could still stay in England. There are already two or three possibilities and things are beginning to get moving."