Midfielder Aitana Bonmati, Ballon d’Or winner for the past two years, has been admitted to hospital for less than a week with viral meningitis before Spain starts with the Euro 2025 campaign for women, said Coach Montse Tome.
The 27-year-old missed Friday’s 3-1 victory over Japan in a friendly, while on July 3, on July 3, Spain built the first group B match against Portugal.
Bolmati shared a photo of himself and looked at the game from a hospital bed in an Instagram story.
«The doctors say it is being checked. Talking about meningitis can be scary, but it is checked,» Tome told reporters after the victory in Leganes.
«Aitana will be admitted and there are no deadlines yet to know how long (she will be absent).»
Barmati in Barcelona, who also won the FIFA Women’s Player of the Year Award before 2023 and 2024, scored 30 goals for Spain in 78 performances and played a key role because it won the Women’s World Cup in 2023 and the Women’s Nations League last year.
«Aitana is a very important player for us. We will wait for her as long as we can,» Tome added.
Spain, which also has Belgium and Italy in his group, never reached the final of the continental championship and has only reached the semi -final once in 1997.
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