On Saturday morning, the English Football Federation announced that England and France will play their scheduled friendly on Tuesday at Wembley Stadium. Originally, reports said the game was likely to be postponed following a series of terrorist attacks on Friday night in Paris and St. Denis that killed at least 128 people, with at least 99 more in critical condition. The English FA said they spoke early on Saturday morning with the Fédération Française de Football (FFF), who expressed a desire to play despite the nation being in a three-day period of mourning
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The German national team stayed in the stadium last night before flying to Frankfurt Saturday morning and have already cancelled a flight to Hannover for a Tuesday match against the Netherlands. Most of the sporting events in France this weekend have been postponed.UEFA matches this weekend will be preceded by a moment of silence and players will wear black armbands.Update (4:14 pm): It was reported earlier that the German team stayed in the stadium overnight rather than return to their hotel, but it now sounds like they had some company from the French national team. Reinhard Rauball, the German FA president, pointed out an "outstanding gesture of camaraderie" on the part of the French players, who also slept inside Stade de France in solidarity with the German team.I'm appalled by the shocking scenes in Paris at the moment. My thoughts are with all the victims and innocent people suffering right now.
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For more information and updates, go to VICE News for the latest.Both sets of players spent much of the night on mattresses in the stadium after Germany were advised not to return to their team hotel following the terrorist attacks across Paris. "The French said that they were staying as long as Germany had to stay," said Rauball.