But soccer fans mocked the fact that England was being dumped by Europe twice in one week - in the process, losing both its prime minister and national soccer team manager.

球迷们嘲讽英格兰在一周内被欧洲“抛弃”了两次——这期间英国失去了首相，而英格兰足球队失去了主帅。

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There are soccer games of European Champions League in the middle of this week. My favorite team Chelsea FC of England will have a game with Valencia from Spain at our home field Stamford Bridge.

这周中有欧洲冠军杯赛，我的最爱切尔西（英格兰）将坐镇主场斯坦福桥迎战来自西班牙的瓦伦西亚。

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KIEV, Ukraine It's hard to know exactly when it happened, but somewhere along the road to Euro 2012, the England national soccer team became a laughingstock in the sport it claims to have invented.

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