Public apology by the French government and the French Association of Football

There may be good people in France but, following the event after Portugal's victory over France in the Euro 2016 Football Final, it became clear that many French people are sore losers, petty and despicable human beings.

Portugal won fair and square. They didn't score goals with their hands or broke any rule of the game.

Defensive play is a legitimate way to play.

If you have any fair complaints, it should be against the tournament system. Not against the team that won said tournament.

A football match can, by the rules, have up to 120 minutes of play, plus a penalty shootout. It's been like that for years. Portugal managed their stamina and fitness levels better than any opponent. They were smart. They deserve to be champions.

Unfortunately, there's a disgusting group of French supporters who have shown incredible lack of class and intelligence in the past few days, from refusing to light up the Eiffel Tower with the winner's colours, lying about the reason why they did it (Twitter was never part of the equation in previous matches), hurting Portuguese supporters (some are currently in hospital) and even sink so low as to make a petition to demand the game to be replayed.

How low can you go, France?

This petition is for the French government and French FA to show some humility and fair-play, by publicly apologizing to the Portuguese community, as well as to all TRUE fans of the sport who EXPECT fair play from all sides.

Thank you.