{"id":86513,"date":"2026-06-16T23:51:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fokusberitaindonesia.info\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/merlin-bebek-viral-yang-jadi-bintang-baru-piala-dunia-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:51:56","slug":"merlin-bebek-viral-yang-jadi-bintang-baru-piala-dunia-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fokusberitaindonesia.info\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/merlin-bebek-viral-yang-jadi-bintang-baru-piala-dunia-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Merlin, Bebek Viral yang Jadi Bintang Baru Piala Dunia 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>JAKARTA &#8211; Merlin bukan pemain. Ia juga bukan maskot resmi. Namun, bebek berusia dua tahun itu mendadak jadi perhatian saat Meksiko merayakan kemenangan atas Afrika Selatan di Piala Dunia 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Berdasarkan laporan Gulf News dikutip Selasa, 16 Juni, Merlin terlihat ikut dalam perayaan di jalanan Mexico City, Kamis, 11 Juni. Ia mengenakan jersey mini tim nasional Meksiko dan kaus kaki senada.<\/p>\n<p>Saat suporter memenuhi jalan dengan warna hijau dan emas, foto Merlin tersebar di media sosial. Gambar bebek itu cepat viral dan meraih jutaan penayangan.<\/p>\n<p>Sebelum ramai di internet, Merlin sudah dikenal di pusat bersejarah Mexico City. Hampir setiap akhir pekan, ia menemani pengasuhnya, Carla G\u00f3mez, dan putranya, Cristian, berjualan air kemasan dan minuman ringan dari gerobak kecil.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"my-3\" style=\"text-align: center !important\">\n        <iframe id=\"ae03fa89\" name=\"ae03fa89\" src=\"https:\/\/ads.sibernetworks.com\/www\/delivery\/afr.php?zoneid=61&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" allow=\"autoplay\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ads.sibernetworks.com\/www\/delivery\/ck.php?n=a36f8217&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/ads.sibernetworks.com\/www\/delivery\/avw.php?zoneid=61&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&amp;n=a36f8217\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"my-3 text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center\">\n                <iframe style=\"display:block\" id=\"ab424a17\" name=\"ab424a17\" src=\"https:\/\/ads.sibernetworks.com\/www\/delivery\/afr.php?zoneid=15&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" allow=\"autoplay\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ads.sibernetworks.com\/www\/delivery\/ck.php?n=aab3ec5c&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/ads.sibernetworks.com\/www\/delivery\/avw.php?zoneid=15&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&amp;n=aab3ec5c\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/iframe>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mereka biasa berada di sekitar Palace of Fine Arts, Alameda Central, dan Z\u00f3calo.<\/p>\n<p>Merlin awalnya merupakan hadiah untuk Cristian. Sejak itu, keduanya sulit dipisahkan. Bebek itu kerap mengikuti Cristian dan menarik perhatian orang yang melintas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKami tidak suka meninggalkannya sendirian di rumah; kami suka dia bersama kami. Dia bayi kami,\u201d kata G\u00f3mez kepada reporter AP, Nayara Batschke, seperti dikutip Gulf News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDia bayi, satu-satunya ahli waris semua milik saya dan sekarang seorang idola,\u201d ujarnya.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00f3mez mengaku tidak menyangka Merlin akan menjadi viral karena Piala Dunia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMerlin sebelumnya sudah terkenal karena menjual air kemasan,\u201d katanya. \u201cNamun, kami tidak menyangka ini.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Merlin: The Viral Dancing Duck in Mexico Jersey (<\/p>\n<p>Made with Grok) \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd\ud83e\udd86\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IVLkBiHk42\">https:\/\/t.co\/IVLkBiHk42<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Lo39NuYCK\">pic.twitter.com\/8Lo39NuYCK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2102\ud835\udd63\ud835\udd6a\ud835\udd61\ud835\udd65\ud835\udd60\ud835\udd3c\ud835\udd5e\ud835\udd61\ud835\udd63\ud835\udd56\ud835\udd64\ud835\udd64\uea00\ud83e\udd0d (@CryptoEmpressX) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoEmpressX\/status\/2066315830888128653ref_srctwsrc5Etfw\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>G\u00f3mez kini menyatakan dukungan penuh untuk Meksiko di Piala Dunia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeksiko, kami bersama kalian,\u201d katanya. \u201cDan Merlin adalah penggemar nomor satu kalian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Popularitas Merlin tidak berhenti di media sosial. Menurut laporan itu, FIFA juga memberi perhatian.<\/p>\n<p>Pada Senin, G\u00f3mez dan Merlin diundang bertemu penyelenggara turnamen untuk sesi foto resmi dan pembuatan iklan.<\/p>\n<p>Popularitas Merlin pun melonjak, dari bebek lokal yang biasa menemani jualan menjadi salah satu pendukung tuan rumah yang paling mencuri perhatian.<\/p>\n<p>Meksiko menjadi tuan rumah bersama Piala Dunia 2026 dengan Kanada dan Amerika Serikat. Ini kali ketiga Meksiko menjadi tuan rumah setelah edisi 1970 dan 1986.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/voi.id\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"&#10;    display:flex;&#10;    align-items:center;&#10;    justify-content:space-between;&#10;    gap:16px;&#10;    padding:14px 16px;&#10;    margin:20px 0;&#10;    border:1px solid #e5e7eb;&#10;    border-radius:14px;&#10;    background:#ffffff;&#10;    text-decoration:none;&#10;    max-width:480px;&#10;    box-shadow:0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.08);&#10;  \"><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;\">\n<div>\n<p>\n        Add VOI as a Preferred Source\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        Follow VOI news updates across Google.\n      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n    +\n  <\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n      !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n      {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n      fbq('init', '243878556852666');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/voi.id\/berita\/580304\/merlin-bebek-viral-yang-jadi-bintang-baru-piala-dunia-2026\">Sumber <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAKARTA &#8211; Merlin bukan pemain. Ia juga bukan maskot resmi. Namun, bebek berusia dua tahun itu mendadak jadi perhatian saat Meksiko merayakan kemenangan atas Afrika Selatan di Piala Dunia 2026. Berdasarkan laporan Gulf News dikutip Selasa, 16 Juni, Merlin terlihat ikut dalam perayaan di jalanan Mexico City, Kamis, 11 Juni. Ia mengenakan jersey mini tim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"relative_dates":{"created":"4 months ago","modified":"4 months ago"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fokusberitaindonesia.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fokusberitaindonesia.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fokusberitaindonesia.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokusberitaindonesia.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokusberitaindonesia.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fokusberitaindonesia.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokusberitaindonesia.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fokusberitaindonesia.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokusberitaindonesia.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokusberitaindonesia.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}