Mexico’s World Cup opener last week produced goals from Julián Quiñones and Raúl Jiménez, but an unlikely figure has become the tournament’s early breakout star: a duck named Merlin.

Mexico’s World Cup opener last week produced goals from Julián Quiñones and Raúl Jiménez, but an unlikely figure has become the tournament’s early breakout star: a duck named Merlin.