Dog goes viral for his soccer skills as World Cup excitement grows

A backyard filled with the odor of grilled sardines and Portuguese pork sausage was the archetypal spot Ronaldo displayed his endowment for soccer.

During games of keep-away, helium positioned himself successful the halfway and jumped to drawback balls midair. Ronaldo, a Chihuahua and dachshund premix named aft the Portuguese guardant Cristiano Ronaldo, was surviving up to his name.