Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati is being treated in hospital for viral meningitis.
The 27-year-old, who has won the Ballon d’Or for the past two years, missed the 3-1 friendly win over Japan in Leganes, Spain, on Friday.
Euro 2025 in Switzerland starts on Wednesday and Spain play Portugal in their opening Group B game in Bern on Thursday.
Bonmati, who also won the Fifa women’s player of the year award in 2023 and 2024, shared a picture on Instagram of herself watching the Japan match from a hospital bed.
She did not train on Thursday and was taken to a hospital in Madrid on Friday with doctors from the Spanish Football Federation, who later confirmed the diagnosis., external
“Talking about meningitis can be scary but it is controlled,” said coach Montse Tome.
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