BRAZIL BEAT: Keep quiet Dad

Published June 26, 2014 12:46am ET



TERESOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil reserve midfielder Willian had some advice for his dad after he visited the team’s training camp: Don’t talk too much!

Severino da Silva told local media this week that he thinks Willian has to be Brazil’s starter the rest of the World Cup, putting his son in a difficult spot with Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.

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