Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati played the final nine minutes of Spain’s 2025 European Championship group stage win over Portugal on Thursday, returning four days after being discharged from hospital following a viral meningitis diagnosis.

The Spanish soccer federation says midfielder Aitana Bonmatí has left the hospital and is expected to rejoin the Spain squad in the next few days to try to play in the Women’s European Championship.

Spain coach Montse Tomé says she has to rein Aitana Bonmatí in as the midfielder pushes to start Thursday's European Championship opener against Portugal after recovering from viral meningitis.