Greece sources advised the BBC that the Greek FA requested a few potential postponement of Thursday night’s recreation however had been advised by Uefa that there was no room within the busy calendar.
BBC Sport has approached Uefa for remark.
In a joint assertion, the Greece gamers mentioned: “It’s not possible to imagine that our pricey buddy and team-mate, George, is not with us. Our ache is indescribable.
“Tonight, we’ll attempt to attain the energy of his soul, which is a vibrant instance for us all. Our ideas are along with his household. We are going to always remember you buddy.”
Greece sources mentioned the group discovered about their team-mate’s loss of life when getting back from coaching at Wembley on Wednesday evening and had “barely slept”.
Most of the gamers had been good pals with Baldock, together with Greece captain Anastasios Bakasetas, who additionally performs for Panathinaikos.
Wales supervisor Craig Bellamy, in the meantime, mentioned the unhappy information had affected members of his squad.
Baldock’s former Blades team-mates Adam Davies, Rhys Norrington-Davies and David Brooks are all in Wales’ group for his or her recreation in Iceland on Friday.
“Lots of our gamers have performed in opposition to him and, in fact, now we have gamers who’ve performed with him and been near him for plenty of years,” mentioned Bellamy.
“We now have workers who’ve been with him for plenty of years as nicely.
“I really like soccer, however it isn’t an important. It actually isn’t. The gamers’ wellbeing is an important, and that’s the place my thoughts was and it’s now.”
Baldock’s physique was discovered at 22:30 native time (20:30 BST) on Wednesday.
A police spokesperson mentioned there was no proof of prison exercise.
Toxicology take a look at outcomes are anticipated within the coming days whereas police may also study CCTV footage.
Baldock began his profession at MK Dons in 2009 and performed greater than 100 occasions for them.
He had mortgage spells with a number of golf equipment together with Northampton and Oxford United, earlier than becoming a member of Sheffield United in 2017.
He made 219 appearances in all competitions for the membership, serving to them to promotion to the Premier League in 2019 and once more in 2023.
Baldock was born in Buckingham however certified for Greece via his maternal grandmother and was known as up for the primary time by supervisor Gus Poyet in Might 2022.
He made his debut for the nation the next month in a 1-0 win over Northern Eire at Windsor Park in Belfast.