Spain are world champions — and Ruiz remembered PSG

The win itself

It took extra time, but Luis de la Fuente's side got there. Spain edged Argentina 1-0 in a final that refused to be settled inside ninety minutes, adding a second World Cup in three years to the Euro 2024 they lifted in Berlin. A tight, nervy final decided by the finest of margins against the reigning world champions — Spain held their nerve when it mattered most.

Argentina pushed hard for an equaliser that never came. When the final whistle went, the Spanish bench emptied.

Result confirmed by BBC Sport and Foot Mercato.

Ruiz's role — and his message

Fabián Ruiz has been one of the quieter architects of Spain's recent dominance — the kind of midfielder who controls a game without ever demanding the camera. His contribution to this squad has been consistent across both the Euros and now the World Cup, and when the dust settled on the triumph, he directed some of his gratitude toward the PSG supporters who have backed him at club level.

According to Foot Mercato, Ruiz publicly thanked PSG fans following the victory — a gesture that connects the global scale of a World Cup win to something more personal. The message was reported as a direct acknowledgement of the Parc des Princes faithful; Flagside is treating it as paraphrase pending an official transcript.

He didn't have to do it. He did it anyway.

What it means

For PSG, there is something quietly satisfying about this. The club has spent years chasing alignment between global ambition and actual silverware, and having a key squad member publicly acknowledge the Parc des Princes in the middle of a world championship celebration hands the marketing department something real to work with.

Ruiz heads back to Paris as a world champion. Luis Enrique will have noted that.