Hardly the most extrovert or outspoken member of this Brazil squad, Oscar chose to keep his own counsel as the doubters circled in the run-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup™. Ignoring the speculation surrounding a below-par end to the season at Chelsea, the potential distraction of the imminent birth of his daughter Julia – now ten days old – and the fact his place in A Seleção’s starting XI was under threat, Oscar saved his answers for the pitch.
And answer he did, emphatically, in the hard-fought opening match victory over Croatia. While it was two-goal forward Neymar who grabbed the headlines and the Budweiser Man of the Match award, Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari – the only man Oscar was interested in impressing – later insisted his young No11 was not far behind. “I didn’t have to prove anything to anyone."
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