Hit in the left knee, the star of the Spanish women’s team Alexia Putellas left her selection’s gathering on Monday for the two Nations League matches against Italy and Sweden, announced the Spanish Federation and FC Barcelona.
The double winner of the Ballon d’Or (2021, 2022) “will continue her recovery process” in Barcelona, the RFEF wrote in a press release, following an agreement reached with the Catalan club.
She is therefore forfeited for the next two matches of the Spanish world champions against Italy on Friday and Sweden on Tuesday.
The Barcelona striker injured her left knee during the Champions League match against Benfica (5-0).
The same knee on which she had surgery in 2022 after a rupture of the cruciate ligaments, which caused her to miss the Euro with La Roja.