{"id":65,"date":"2026-07-05T02:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T21:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=65"},"modified":"2026-07-05T02:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T21:35:29","slug":"venezuelan-earthquake-survivor-10-asked-for-a-cristiano-ronaldo-sticker-after-losing-his-leg-and-got-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan earthquake survivor, 10, asked for a Cristiano Ronaldo sticker after losing his leg \u2014 and got much more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>A Venezuelan boy who lost his parents and older brother in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/04\/world-news\/ex-mlb-catcher-eliezer-alfonzo-hopes-wife-daughter-survived-venezuela-earthquake\/\">devastating earthquakes<\/a> had just one wish \u2014 a Cristiano Ronaldo sticker. <\/p>\n<p>He got a heartfelt video message from the soccer legend himself instead.<\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9s Mieles, 10, who remains hospitalized after he had his right leg amputated, hit the jackpot Friday when the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/03\/sports\/portugal-honors-diogo-jota-in-thrilling-world-cup-win-one-year-after-tragic-death\/\">Portugal<\/a> superstar sent him the personal message \u2014 and an invitation to watch him play live.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"39889964\"><br 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/andr-s-mieles-10-year-133271991.jpg?resize=33,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\"\/><figcaption>Mieles, 10, lost his parents and older brother in the tragic Venezuelan earthquakes.  <span class=\"credit\">instagram \/ armando poyo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHi Andr\u00e9s, how are you? I\u2019m making this video to send you a big hug,\u201d Ronaldo said a day after he helped his national team advance to the World Cup Round of 16 with a thrilling <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/02\/sports\/croatia-sees-last-gasp-equalizer-wiped-away-by-brutal-var-offside-call\/\">victory over Croatia<\/a> in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know you\u2019re a huge fan. Once you\u2019re feeling better, I\u2019d like to invite you to watch one of my matches and just enjoy the game. Sound good?\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ronaldo added: \u201cI\u2019d love to meet you. 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He got a heartfelt video message from the soccer legend himself instead. Andr\u00e9s Mieles, 10, who remains hospitalized after he had his right leg amputated, hit the jackpot Friday when the Portugal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/andr-s-mieles-10-year-133292084.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}