Spain hopes for Bonmati recovery at Euro 2025 and bids for 'historic generation' status
MADRID — Spain's final preparations for the Women's European Championship have been upended.
Again.
Three years ago, Alexia Putellas tore an ACL days before the competition. This time, a different Ballon d'Or-winning midfielder's tournament is in question after Aitana Bonmatí was hospitalized with viral meningitis .
Bonmatí came down with a fever during practice Friday and later checked in to a Madrid hospital.
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