Touched by the death of their teammate George Baldock, Greece players paid him a beautiful tribute this Thursday after their prestigious victory against England at Wembley (2-1) in the Nations League.
Greece achieved a great success on Thursday at Wembley against England (2-1) and consolidated its first place in Group 2 in the Champions League ahead of the Three Lions. A very special match for the Greeks after the death of their teammate George Baldock. Found lifeless in his swimming pool on Wednesday, the international defender received a nice tribute from the entire Hellenistic selection.
Without too much surprise, Vangelis Pavlidis dedicated his first goal of the evening to the Panathinaikos player by pointing a finger towards the Sky and very clearly showing the black headband worn by all the players in the match this Wednesday.
A few minutes after scoring the winning goal after added time, Vangelis Pavlidis once again paid tribute to the memory of George Baldock. At the final whistle, the Benfica player went with the rest of his team in front of the Greek supporters to all pay tribute to the ex-defender who was 31 years old at the time of his death. The winners of the evening proudly presented a flocked tunic named George Baldock to their fans in a beautiful moment of communion.
“We gave everything for him and his family
If UEFA refused to postpone the meeting between England and Greece this Thursday at Wembley, the body chaired by Aleksander Ceferin had authorized the organization of a minute of meditation before kick-off. During this, the Greek selection staff held a jersey with his name to honor him.
A gesture which will therefore ultimately be taken up by the entire group led by Ivan Jovanovic. Questioned in the mixed zone after being voted man of the match, Vangelis Pavlidis did not get excited after Greece’s first success against England. The double scorer had only one objective: to pay tribute to his former partner George Baldock.
“It was a very special match for us because of George,” the striker explained to the channel https://twitter.com/itvfootball/status/1844487184839016878. “And of course, we gave everything for him and for his family. Yes it’s a big victory but the most important thing is the emotion and the fact that we remain human beings. It was a special evening mainly for him.”
And Vangelis Pavlidis added: “He was very present in our thoughts since Wednesday when we learned what had happened. Everyone loved him and it was difficult for us because George was part of the group. “We said to ourselves that we had to play for him. The score didn’t matter, we wanted to play for him.
