South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier took to Twitter to joke about England's humiliating exit from the European Championships in France. On Monday night England lost the last-16 knockout match 2-1 to Iceland, a country with a population of just over 300,000 and which is competing in a major football tournament for the first time in its history. England manager Roy Hodgson resigned in the wake of the defeat. In a tweet sent after the match, Cardinal Napier referenced Britain's vote to leave the EU, writing "even (England's) soccer eleven has withdrawn from Europe!"
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Cardinal jokes about England's exit from Euro 2016
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier took to Twitter after England's embarrassing defeat to Iceland at Euro 2016
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