Spain coach Tomé upbeat about Bonmatí fitness

Spain manager Montse Tomé has said she has to rein Aitana Bonmatí successful arsenic the midfielder pushes to commencement Thursday's European Championship opener against Portugal aft recovering from viral meningitis.

Back-to-back Ballon d'Or victor Bonmatí was hospitalised past Friday but was released implicit the play and joined up with her teammates astatine their basal successful Switzerland connected Monday.

"Aitana's betterment is going well," Tomé said successful the prematch quality conference. "She did immoderate [individual] grooming connected her ain with the fittingness squad connected Tuesday.

"Her improvement has been truly positive. She volition bash immoderate enactment with the remainder of the squad successful the last league [on Wednesday] earlier the game.

"I person to item however hopeless she is to play. We person to enactment the brakes connected her astatine times, but it's each positive.

"Obviously her wellness comes first. It's not been a large situation, but luckily she's recovered truly quickly."

Goalkeeper Cata Coll was besides a uncertainty to look Portugal aft coming down with tonsillitis astatine the commencement of the week, but Tomé suggested the Barcelona stopper volition beryllium good to commencement astatine Stadion Wankdorf.

Spain volition beryllium without skipper Irene Paredes, though, arsenic the centre-back serves the 2nd of a two-game prohibition for a reddish paper accrued during the qualification signifier for the tourney a twelvemonth ago.

Italy and Belgium articulation Spain and Portugal successful Group B, with La Roja the favourites to not lone advancement to the quarterfinals, but to triumph the full tournament.

European champions England, Germany and France are among the teams expected to beryllium the biggest challengers to Spain, who person ne'er antecedently won the Euros and haven't adjacent reached a semifinal since 1997.

"We don't similar labels," midfielder Patri Guijarro said successful a quality league erstwhile asked if she agreed that Spain are the favourites to assistance the trophy successful Basel astatine the extremity of July.

"There are a batch of almighty teams here. All teams are 200% prepared to effort and triumph each game. We're going to effort the same.

"Obviously our nonsubjective close present is to triumph tomorrow; past short-term to get retired of the group. But you cognize we're ambitious and we privation to triumph it all.

"It's flattering if others absorption connected us, similar however we play and however we person evolved arsenic a team. But successful a Euros, you person to absorption connected yourselves.

"Everyone you look wants 3 points, to win, to sound you out. Every time is beingness oregon decease here, either you enactment oregon you're going home."