article_snippet: I think that whoever saw it, or however the media is trying to twist it, I think the French people are intelligent enough to understand the situation. '
article_snippet: An open letter from France's elite referees organisation SAFE (Syndicat des Arbitres du Football d'Elite) president Stephane Lannoy on the organisation's website read: 'We thought We had seen a peak in media outcry after Chelsea-PSG.
article_snippet: We thought We had heard everything.
article_snippet: , Mr Jaffredo on Sunday - and ultimately, as the cup was not yet full, the whole of France.'
article_snippet: An open letter from SAFE president Stephane Lannoy on the organisation's website concluded: 'It is time to realise we cannot say anything, do anything and accept anything.
article_snippet: the nation's far right National Front leader Marine Le Pen told France Info Radio: 'Those who consider that France is a s
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