They did go overboard afterwards, I agree. I don't blame Paraguay for trying to rough them up a bit, that was the only way they had a chance. But the ref was the main one at fault, he was really poor, that game needed a few yellow cards to knock some of the antics on the head or at least make some of the main offenders think. France are certainly not blameless especially with play acting, but suspect there would be a greater outcry if England were on the end of the Paraguay "tactics" if they went unpunished by the ref in that way.