How Spain ended 'Dictator' Mbappe's reign and blew France apart

On July 14, 1789, Parisians stormed the Bastille, a day that became a stepping stone towards the modern French Republic — now on its fifth update — and helped lay the foundations for much of the Western civilisation we see today. In doing so, they overthrew Bourbon rule in France.Across the Pyrenees, however, the Bourbons survived. King Felipe VI, a direct descendant of Philip V, the grandson of Louis XIV, still sits on the Spanish throne. On France’s national day, it was Spain who ended ‘Dictator’ Mbappe’s reign with a clinical performance that left the World Cup’s best attacking team stunned.Rayan Cherki sounded a little like the enigmatic Eric Cantona, who once said he did not play against a team but against the idea of defeat. Calling the result an “immense disappointment”, Cherki claimed France had eliminated themselves.