After leaving Shanghai Port, Oscar has returned to Sao Paulo. In an interview with Sun Lei, Oscar revealed that Chinese players "like drinking" and "drink too much."
During the program, Oscar said, "I think Chinese players prefer drinking over going out for fun. I feel like they drink too much. I don't think they like nightclubs; I believe they enjoy drinking. It's like a banquet, just toasting, and they drink quite a lot. However, in Europe or Brazil, people drink but go out to do so; they enjoy nightclubs. There is still a bit of a difference. Countries like China, South Korea, and Japan all enjoy drinking. It's like socializing."
Oscar also disclosed, "I think some of our team members are very professional, like Wang Shenchao, Wu Lei, Yan Junling, Zhang Linpeng. Perhaps because they are veterans, they are very professional, and they are all veterans. Lü Wenjun, we have some extremely professional individuals here who always take the initiative to train and maintain a high level of training standards."
Drinking has indeed been a persistent issue among Chinese players. In April 2019, Shanghai Shenxin publicly punished Guo Hongtao and Li Weijie for "illegally going out to drink and staying out overnight." As early as 2006, Mao Jianqing was demoted to the second team by Shenhua due to alcoholism, and he smashed Wu Jinguo's BMW.
Zhang Xiuwei was legally detained for three months with a three-month probation in 2017 after driving under the influence and hitting six cars. Zhang Lu was sentenced to four months of detention in 2019 for drunk driving. The media once revealed that former national player Gao Feng had once consumed 69 bottles of beer in a row.