India, July 25 -- Gold medals, trophies and championship rings are the rewards most footballers expect after winning the FIFA World Cup. But for Spain midfielders Fabian Ruiz and Gavi, the celebrations included something far more unusual - receiving their body weight in tomatoes.

After being part of the Spanish team and lifting the World Cup trophy, the two midfielders Fabian Ruiz and Gavi, belonging to a Los Palacios y Villafranca - a town in the south of Seville, returned for a special reception at the town hall. As part of the ceremony, they both had to step on a weighing scale and were honoured with an established quantity of tomatoes equivalent to it. Ruiz received 85kg while Gavi was weighed in at 68.5 kg of tomatoes.

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