Aitana Bonmatí won the Best Fifa Women’s Player award, the Ballon d’Or Féminin and the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year award. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)
The boy had taken the ball from her and arbitrarily changed the rules of the game in his favour. She was livid.
Aitana Bonmatí was just seven years old, but her fighting spirit was already clear for all to see.
“She argued with him because she didn’t understand why he’d done that and she was mad,” says the Spanish footballer’s dad, Vicent Conca.
South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.