Spain and Barcelona star Bonmati ruled out for months with leg fracture

Aitana Bonmati, the star player for Barcelona women’s soccer, is expected to miss out on several months because of a leg fracture she sustained while training with the Spanish national team.

The three-time winner of the Ballon d’Or will miss her club’s upcoming matches, including her second-leg encounter with Germany in the Women’s Nations League final on Tuesday, and also miss a number of other games.

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Bonmati will be sidelined for “at least two months” as she recovers from the injury sustained on Sunday, which could increase if she has surgery.

After an unintentional fall, Bonmati was declared to have “a fracture in her left fibula” after the Spanish football federation said she had finished the morning training session “in pain after a bad landing.”

The player will start her recovery process with her club and Barcelona, it added.

In the first leg of the Nations League final, Bonmati started for Spain on Friday with a goalless draw with Germany.

She will miss upcoming Liga F games against Benfica and Paris FC in December, as well as the Spanish Super Cup in January and other matches.

Real Sociedad and Barca are both six points ahead of each other in the Champions League phase table, and they are also at the top of that table.

The 27-year-old’s remarkable year culminated in the success of his debut season, which included a trio of domestic trophies for Barcelona and the Euro 2025 final with Spain, but they lost on penalties to England.

As Spain prepares to play in the second leg of the Nations League final, coach Sonia Bermudez declared on Monday that it will be a “huge loss.”

“Yesterday, the mood was a little down because a teammate’s injury hurts,” said one person. She expressed her hope that she will recover as quickly as possible.

The team is in good health and has confidence in their continued support. We want to give the injured people the victory. We must give the players’ health precedence, even though Aitana wanted to compete against us in the final.

Bonmati’s injury was also lamented by Spain’s captain, Irene Paredes.

Nobody likes to see a teammate suffer and be injured, she said, “Absences like Aitana’s throw you off.”