Oscar’s São Paulo season hit by injuries and setbacks | OneFootball

Signed at the end of last year with a contract until 2027, Oscar barely managed to have a run of games for São Paulo in 2025. After starting out by appearing in 14 of the first 16 matches, the midfielder began to struggle with a succession of physical problems that kept him sidelined for long periods.

In total, he has played in 23 of Tricolor’s 63 matches so far this season, starting in 19 of them, and was on the bench for another three games. Today, the entire focus is on his health. The player remains hospitalized where he is undergoing tests and is doing well.

The first setback came on the eve of the debut in the Brazilian Championship, when a minor injury to the back of his left thigh prevented him from facing Sport. Four days later, already cleared, he started against Talleres in the Libertadores, but ended up aggravating the injury, which kept him out for ten matches.

Under pressure in his role, coach Luis Zubeldía used Oscar despite his condition, as the player himself admitted after the match, and made the situation of the year’s big signing even worse.

Upon his return, Oscar played in five consecutive matches for Tricolor, until swelling in the same thigh sidelined him again for another three rounds.

Soon after, following two matches, came what until this week was the most serious incident: in the starting lineup for the derby against Corinthians, Oscar suffered a fall after a “cama de gato” (dangerous back tackle) by the Corinthians player José Martínez and fractured three lumbar vertebrae. Recovery required him to miss 16 matches, the longest absence in the sequence.

Back at the beginning of October, he was on the bench for two matches before getting injured again, this time with a muscle injury in his left calf. Already sidelined for six matches, he now sees a complication with cardiac alterations, recorded this Tuesday (11), interrupt yet another attempt at a comeback this season — and perhaps in his career.

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