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The French Football Federation (FFF) on Tuesday denied having unfairly targeted Patrice Evra, after the player said he was still awaiting an explanation for his five-match international ban.
"We're not against him, we're treating him as we'd treat anyone," the FFF's legal director, Jean Lapeyre, said.

"Between the meeting of the (FFF appeals) committee and the moment when we formalise the decision and dispatch it, there's a bit of time. You can't do it in 24 or 48 hours.




The FFF appeals committee on Sept 9 upheld the five-match ban handed to Evra for his role as captain in the France squad's refusal to train at the World Cup in South Africa.