Empires rise and fall. That is the marching tune of history; how ethnicities and languages form; like the Germans arising out of the Frankish and Vandal raids of the declining Roman Empire. Such is the case of Marcus Rashford; a man who has faced his own fare of critics. Englishmen scoring free kicks in la liga is football heritage alright, but Marcus Rashford’s searing shot, beating one of the best goalkeepers to ever do it on his natural side at full stretch. Jupiter’s head; lobbed off by a Briton Barbarian. Real Madrid, a club once feared and bowed before like the might Xerxes or Attila, now is relegated to AI-generated memes of its captain and star midfielder in a UFC ring, whilst their heralded messiah, their Zoroaster Kylian Mbappe takes his fun. Betraying their principles like how Justinian betrayed Belisarius; firing Xabi Alonso and inviting the ill begotten circus to come to the Bernabeu; once where legends roamed; now do mortals; dictators and wailers.