“I am from Ribs, for those who do not know,” Aitana said in the documentary of the Catalan TV3.
Bonmatati is proud of its origin with Sant-Pere de Ribes-a small town near Barcelona, and residents reciprocate.
Recently, the 27-year-old Barcelona star received her third Golden Ball, and the next morning she had a quiet breakfast in her favorite cafe in her hometown.
“My comfort zone is the square of my town with friends. I wear a dress at the ceremony, but the next day everything goes back to normal, ”she said.
Ribes is a place where she grew up, started playing football and became the best football player in the world. She lives only ten minutes from her parents’ home – dew and Visent.
Aitana is a real catalog. She listens to local Oques Grasses and The Tyets bands resting on Costa Brava, not in exotic countries. In 2021, celebrating the victory in the Champions League, she sang the Catalan song L’Empordà with her friend Lia Kodina.
Her friends are school acquaintances and an ESPlai Ger youth club, where she met her best friend Ainar Gil.
“We grew up together – I loved the dolls, and she – the ball. But it never divided us, ”Gil recalls.
Today, their company remained the same – only instead of camps they now rent homes in the mountains. When Aitana received her third “golden ball”, it was Ainara who handed her a trophy.
Her first coach Ruben Bernardo recalls that she was the only girl among 19 boys.
“They teased her, and I said,” They just envy – you are better than them. ” Already at the age of 11, she demanded the ball, as he does it now. ”
Now the stadium in Ribes carries her name and is decorated with a large mural. When she signed a contract with Adidas, she insisted that the company was directed to support the local club “CD Ribes”.
Even Barcelona fan club in the city is called its name-“Penya Barcelonista de ribes Aitana Bonmatí”. In their bar you can order Aitana Burger – a plant burger, because it does not eat meat.
The next step will be the opening of the Aitana Bonmati Museum – a symbol of the city that it is proud of it.
Source: Sport.ua