Aitana (Bonmati) has viral meningitis,” Montse Tome announced after Spain’s final pre-European Championship friendly, against Japan. “She is a very important player and we will wait for her until the end.

Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmatí has been hospitalized with viral meningitis less than a week before the Women’s European Championship.

Bonmati, who has won each of the two most recent women's Ballon d'Or awards, posted a photo from her hospital bed on Friday night.