Manchester United fullback Patrice Evra has climbed down over threats of lifting the lid on France's World Cup meltdown.

Following France's exit Evra promised to spill all the details of their troubled time in South Africa. However, he says it is still not the time for his potentially explosive revelations.

"It's not the time to stoke up the pain of all the French people," he continued. "It's not today that you have to attack whoever it may be. No one is clear-headed enough to say what really happened because the scar is still open and we are all hurting at the present time.

"We are all upset and beaten but we have to lift our heads up and look to the future."