UEFA has rejected a request from Greece to postpone their Nations League match against England at Wembley on Thursday following the death of former Sheffield United defender George Baldock.
George Baldock qualified to play for Greece through his grandmother UEFA has denied a request from Greece to postpone their Nations League match against England at Wembley on Thursday evening following the death of George Baldock . The former Sheffield United defender was found dead in his swimming pool at his home in Glyfada, a town south of Athens, on Wednesday evening.
‘After repeated contacts with the highest levels of UEFA since last night regarding tonight’s match, there was no room for postponing it,’ the Greek FA said on Thursday morning. A separate statement on Baldock’s death from the Greek FA read: ‘With deep sadness and pain, the National Team and the Hellenic Football Federation say goodbye to George Baldock. There are no words to describe the human pain caused by the news of the untimely loss of one of our young people. The moment calls for silence.
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