US EditionEuro 2025: Spain Star Aitana Bonmatí Says She's Mentally Stronger After Stay in Hospital
SPAIN, JUL 17 – Aitana Bonmatí returned to play three weeks after viral meningitis treatment and helped Spain score a tournament-record 14 goals in the Euro 2025 group stage.
- On Thursday, Aitana Bonmatí said she feels `100 percent physically`, noting the quarterfinal against Switzerland comes three weeks after her hospitalization.
- She arrived in Switzerland a day late, Bonmatí said at a Bern news conference, and `I was frustrated`.
- Entering in the 81st minute, Bonmatí featured in Spain's 5-0 win over Portugal, and she then played the full game in a 3-1 victory over Italy to top the group.
- I think this new Aitana is even stronger mentally with the same ambitions, the two-time defending Ballon d'Or winner said, highlighting her resilience.
- Spain faces host Switzerland in the quarterfinals, recalling their extra-time loss at Euro 2022 in England and Bonmatí's two goals in the 2023 World Cup clash.
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Spain playmaker Aitana Bonmati is back to full fitness following a meningitis scare and aiming to continue writing history when Spain takes on host Switzerland in their Women’s Euro quarterfinal in Bern on Friday.
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Euro 2025: Spain star Aitana Bonmatí says she's mentally stronger after stay in hospital
Spain’s opponents at the Women’s European Championships maybe don’t want to hear Aitana Bonmatí says she is even better as a player after her recent spell in the hospital.
Spanish footballer Aitana Bonmatí has established herself as one of the most outstanding figures of women’s football worldwide. With exceptional talent and unwavering commitment, Aitana represents not only a generation of players who have transformed the sport, but also a symbol of struggle and progress for equality in sport. In recent statements, Aitana said that for her and her team, the goal transcends mere competition: “for us it is to conti…
Aitana Bonmati has attended the media in the run-up to the quarter-final duel of the Euro 2025, where Spain faces the hostess, Switzerland. The mid-center will again be a starter, after not entering the first two meetings of the group phase as they are recovering from their meningitis, but they are already playing in the beginning against Italy. She has emphasized that the team wants to continue "making history", pointing out that, for them, "it…
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