Seleção: Should Diego Be Oscar’s Back-Up as the Meia-Armador?

 

Diego (left) is another Number 10 option for Brazil. (Photo: AP Photo)
Diego (left) is another Number 10 option for Brazil. (Photo: AP Photo)

 

By: COLIN REESE

 

Oscar of Chelsea – dubbed OSCRAQUE by Neymar – is the starting meia-armador for the Seleção.

 

Although Neymar has been given the Number 10 jersey for Brazil, Oscar is playing the Number 10 role as the meia-armador, which is the Brazilian Portuguese term for the Number 10 or playmaker role.

 

In the United States, this position is called the central attacking midfielder, but regardless of the position’s name, there is a silent race going on between Ronaldinho and Kaká to be Oscar’s back-up, but is there another contender?

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