Greece celebrate record-breaking Wembley goal with touching George Baldock tribute

Greece opened the scoring against England in the Nations League on Thursday night and their squad paid tribute to the late George Baldock in their celebrations, a day after his tragic death

Greece celebrated their first-ever goal at Wembley by holding up a shirt bearing George Baldock's name.

They had travelled to Wembley to take on England in the Nations League on Thursday night. The game came a day after Greek international Baldock was found dead in the swimming pool at his villa in Athens.

Baldock earned 12 caps for Greece before his tragic drowning on Wednesday. As well as a moment of silence, both sets of players were wearing black armbands in tribute to the 31-year-old.

And after dancing past Trent Alexander-Arnold, John Stones and Cole Palmer before slotting his shot past Jordan Pickford, Greece striker Vangelis Pavlidis ran to the corner flag while pointing to his armband. He then held it in the air as he was embraced by his team-mates.

They then also held up a white Greece shirt which bore Baldock's name and his number. Pavlidis' strike was his country's first-ever goal at Wembley.

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