Rikimaru Tenchu

I hold very strong opinions about most things, but I am not an absolutist. I always leave room for a difference in opinion, change in course, reflection. I am willing to unlearn bias, understand ‘why’, see people clearly, & reject stereotypes. Life is not a straight line.

@Mbithipt33 @MadridXtra Like which team? Japan? Netherlands? Morocco? Germany?

@MadridXtra Lets not act as if they've been superb They've been bang average, let them meet a team with intense and high tempo game and see if they won't take a 3-0

🚨🗣️ Roy Keane: “Carlo Ancelotti is the man. There's some brilliant coaches, but he’s up there, top of the tree. It’s fantastic the way players speak about him, his calmness, thats what he brings. It was chaotic when he got the job. He brought together many talented players.”

@Soje2384 lol this Endrick narrative is so boring

La 2e MT de Endrick a clairement montré comment le Real aurait été good s’il était l’avant centre titulaire. Son entrée a permis de fixer les deux défenseurs japonais et créé de la confusion dans la défense nippone. Endrick n’est jamais venu marcher sur les pieds de Vinicius, quand il se déplaçait c’était côté opposé. Au final soit il fixait les deux défenseurs, soit il s’écartait vers la droite pour étirer la défense nippone Le résultat c’est que Vini se retrouvait plus en situation de 1 vs 1 en 2e période et pouvait jouer son football. Ceux qui ont les yeux ont vu….

@ozfromboston @TheFutbolZoneX Did you even read or you were already upset.

@TheFutbolZoneX Gary Neville’s runs his Stupid mouth like a river .. Endrick did what he was supposed to do.. he stretched the defense and took attention from Vinicius opening up the opportunities Vinni got in the second half. He wasnt playing his usual aggressive game.

🚨 Gary Neville Defends Ancelotti's Handling of Endrick 🗣️: "This is exactly why top managers like Carlo Ancelotti don't make decisions based on social media pressure. Every week people ask, 'Why isn't Endrick starting?' Then he gets his opportunity, and suddenly you understand what the manager has been seeing every single day in training. Football is ruthless. It's one thing to complain about sitting on the bench; it's another thing entirely to justify a place when you're finally given the chance. The best players seize those moments. They demand to stay in the team with their performances. Managers don't bench talented players for fun. They bench them because, at that moment, they believe someone else gives the team a better chance of winning. Today was a reminder that selection isn't about hype or potential—it's about delivering when the spotlight is on. Sometimes the manager is right all along."

@iyamuvic007 @elnathan_john lol I Can’t help you if you already miss the point. Also let me even play your game… how are you measuring ‘worse’? Volume? Impact? Brutality? We are talking analysis you are regurgitating Twitter bants.

@IamRikimaru @elnathan_john Only people who listen to media rather than reading would say this Was the American slavery worse than the trans Sahara slave trade?

Slavery is such an interesting subject especially when you zoom out of the US (and their very specific way of speaking about slavery). Very few nations of the world have acknowledged and engage with their history of slavery the way the US has. In places like Nigeria with a more recent history of slavery, no one even acknowledges that slavery had or has any effect on the history, culture and relationships between cultures and people. In Sokoto Caliphate for example, although the British outlawed slavery around 1901, full abolition in the region wasn't completed until the 1930s. Paul Lovejoy even records slave brokers — who had themselves formerly been concubines — procuring young girls for the purpose of sale into slavery, with slave concubinage still being a functioning institution in northern Nigeria as late as 1988! For the roughly 30 emirates that make up the Sokoto Caliphate, there is not a single emir who is not a direct descendant of slave holders. Yet Nigeria, especially northern Nigeria treats slavery like just another forgettable historical fact. (And oh, I am not one of those who thinks "racialised chattel slavery" was worse than other types of slavery. I think the creation of hierarchy when it comes to slavery is silly and quite frankly disrespectful to others who are dealing with their own history of slavery. In Sokoto for example, while the legal framework was different from American racial chattel slavery, slaves had no legal standing to bring complaints against their masters, abuse could occur with little consequence, manumission was uncommon, and most slaves remained enslaved for life. All slavery involves the fundamental denial of human freedom and dignity. In fact Sokoto practiced things not as commonly seen in the US system, like forced castration.)

@UTDKobi Armed coach. How is it going

Fan fact: Joao Pedro is better than Igor Thiago & Endrick Estavoa is better than Rayan & Henrique Ancelotti, this one is on you!

@Whyalways_rex Keep your ignorance to yourself and nobody will comment. I hope the X payout sorts your hunger.

@IamRikimaru No it’s you who commented on my post. My bad I’m sorry

Sometimes it’s about your attitude mate. When it comes to skin color players like Diatta and Pathe Ciss from Senegal are more darker than you and from Africa but no one seems to care about them but it’s always you. That means you have an attitude problem which you must take the first step to correct. We love you and support you and we will not tolerate any kind of discrimination. so try to correct that first and leave the rest to us. We will deal with those racist bitches ❤️

Netherlands doing absolutely nothing. Yet they are favourites for the cup lol

@liberta___depre @ESPNBrasil lol didn’t predict Germany loss

Joachim Klement, 'guru' alemão, que previu a derrota do Brasil para o Japão responde Neymar: "Parabéns, Neymar e Brasil, vocês venceram essa (jogo contra o Japão), mas a Holanda tá esperando vocês na final." Via: @ESPNBrasil 📷Divulgação

@OseniHQ @footbolmatter10 😂😂😂😂 you don delete? SMH. You can’t even own a simple wrong opinion but you want to criticize players and coaches.

@Royalkeyhomes01 @footbolmatter10 And if they don’t drop off? You are waiting to be proven right before you prophesy lool

Did Ancelotti actually watched this guy before selecting him for the World Cup or he just looked at his stats? I understand his profile is different from Joao Pedro and less technical, but he is not even clinical as a box striker or poacher

@SelecaoTalk Are you not tired of being so wrong always

If Ancelotti was serious he would make 4 changes right now Endrick for Matheus Cunha Luiz Henrique for Rayan Neymar for Paquetá Fabinho for Casemiro

@5peatNel It’s a football IQ test actually.

“Ancelloti has no tactics” is the most nonsense statement in football

@Thezdr1ve @makemefamous201 @GearoidReidy Never heard of respect? Ofcourse it was winnable this is football and upsets happen all the time. but not by how you make it sound. Toe for Toe Japan was losing. Their best bet was exactly how they played.

@IamRikimaru @makemefamous201 @GearoidReidy x.com/i/status/20717… I mean the manager himself said how close the game was but ig it wasn't winnable? You are him are slow asf

Another tactical disasterclass by this man in a winnable knockout game, going ultra defensive against Brazil and hoping to absorb the pressure for 40+ mins, despite having one of the tournament’s best pressing teams. He has failed his country once again by not properly platforming this wonderful set of players.

@ricardopaganin @_Dan_Austin lol nobody thought this Brazilian team was a good pick. Nobody thought 23/24 Madrid without Benz could win anything.

@_Dan_Austin He picks good teams and let them ride

If Ancelotti's 'no tactics, not much running, just vibes' approach can go on to win a World Cup as well as five European Cups then everybody who works in serious football analysis should be banned from the game the world over.

@NJanfren You are not any different. Every match you abuse other players just because of Endrick and Neymar. Now you are making excuses.

Tem muito brasileiro arrombado que só espera uma oportunidade para criticar nossas joias. Endrick não fez gol, não deu assistência hoje, mas MUDOU completamente o jogo sendo homem de referência e brigando por todas as bolas no ataque. Partidaça sem bola.

@makemefamous201 @Thezdr1ve @GearoidReidy 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Thezdr1ve @GearoidReidy Oops, I don’t know why I said you, when im speaking to a Canadian who probably started following ‘soccer’ this month. Learn what going toe to toe means.

@the_smallie 🤫

Brazil need a goal and they are bringing on Martinelli 😂😂😂

@GhostofZevon @rwilliams1947 lol it’s so easy to see why many fail. One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. In game management is a genius ability few coaches have.

@rwilliams1947 To be fair, pumping balls into the box because you can’t play through or around ain’t genius. It’s easy to reference history as a reason for current state. Japan lost the game. Brazil are ordinary. Take your Euro blinkers off.

Listening to Postecoglu suggesting that all Ancelotti did tonight was put on his players and wait for them to do their thing, I’m reminded of the words attributed to Lao Tzu 1700 years ago: “The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects. Hesitant, he…

@AfshinPulse @rwilliams1947 No. Many coaches gesticulate run around the touchline and act like they have some magic that is making the players player better than they can. This is the. Modern LinkedIn style football management. Ancelotti doesn’t do all of that and so they think he does nothing.

@rwilliams1947 Isn’t that exactly what every manager does? Select the starting XI, assign their tasks, let them do their thing, and make adjustments when things go sideways. Did he expect Ancelotti to stand on the sidelines with a whip?

@AdamCrafton_ Only clowns think he just manages egos. Thats just something extra he does better than other coaches.

Ancelotti gets a bit wound up (as much as he physically can) when all his success is attributed to being merely a manager of egos. That game a good example of his other qualities; proactive substitutions and in-game tactical flexibility.