England’s Euro 2025 winning defender Lucy Bronze has been holidaying with friend and final opponent Ona Batlle in the wake of the tournament.
Bronze was part of Sarina Wiegman’s best side throughout the tournament and played the final with a broken leg, and was an crucial part of the side the retained the trophy they won in 2021.
After the match, she was seen consoling close friend Batlle on the field, as both sat to reflect and Batlle mourned her side’s loss in the final.
Jubilant celebrations saw Chloe Kelly and Co flood onto the pitch to begin the party, but Bronze took a moment to escape the hubbub and made a beeline for Batlle.
Inseparable on and off the pitch, the two friends high-fived before sitting down on the pitch, seemingly discussing the pulsating showdown that had played out in Basel.
Now, the duo appear to be enjoying each other’s company during their breaks before the start of the new women’s season, with Bronze sharing a snap to her Instagram story of drinks that the two had been drinking.
Bronze, 33, shared a photo of what appeared to be two iced coffees, places on a wooden table with napkins and a jar of an unknown substance also visible.
Once the madness of last month’s final had died down, Bronze, kitted out with her gold winner’s medal around her neck, took a stroll with Batlle, who had changed into her tracksuit.
The roles were reversed back in 2023 after Spain got the better of England in the World Cup final, when Batlle consoled a tearful Bronze after full-time.
The duo were all-conquering team-mates in the 2023-24 season when they were at Barcelona, and they struck up a blossoming friendship, too. They also won the Champions League, Liga F, the Spanish Cup and Spanish Super Cup together.
Bronze then completed a move back to England with Chelsea last summer.
Bronze, 33, and Batlle, 26, enjoyed a holiday together ahead of Euro 2025 in Spain, sharing photos of the trip across their social media profiles from France – and it wasn’t the first time they had been away together either.
It appeared the duo were celebrating Batlle’s birthday, with the Spaniard’s caption on Instagram reading: ‘Bday week.’
One photo shared online showed them enjoying an ice cream in the sun, while another saw them relaxing on a lilo together in the sea. Bronze and Batlle also took a boat trip on their holiday and spent time together in a private pool.
Last Christmas, meanwhile, Batlle posted snaps of the two at Disneyland Paris, with the caption: ‘What a magical place’.
Bronze tends to keep her personal life very private. Hailing from Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland, she was brought up bilingual thanks to her Portuguese father and was exposed to football from a very early age by her older brother, Jorge.
