Comments from Evra following France loss at WCup

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Comments from France captain Patrice Evra, who was dropped for the team's final World Cup match, a 2-1 loss to host South Africa:

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``Tonight it's time for the big apology toward the thousands of French people, because I share the pain of all these French people.

``What hurts even more is that this apology should have been made yesterday, but my coach stopped me doing it as a captain, and that hurts even more. But it won't change anything, now is not the time to settle scores.

``I think that the time is for suffering, and it is a sincere suffering.

``The whole of France needs to have an explanation for this disaster. It's not the time to give them, but I will personally give them ... what I went through, just the truth, as quickly as possible, whether it's in a press conference or an interview.

``I have nothing to hide. The French team doesn't belong to anyone, it belongs to all of these French people.

``People need to know the truth, the causes of this enormous disaster.

``I am telling you, it should have been done last night.

``We put out a statement to give a reason, but it goes further than that, I saw it more like an SOS ...

``France will know the truth. I will say everything I went through as captain.

``Again tonight, I've been taken out of the team for no valid reason.