The big news, of course, is still the state of playmaker Zinedine Zidane's left thigh. Whilst he has started doing ball-work, most notably taking part in an on-pitch dribbling exercise through traffic cones under the watchful eye of the team's medical staff, he remains uncertain for Thursday's game. For the moment, the French back-room staff are refraining from making any official statements and stubbornly repeating that the number 10 is rigorously adhering to his treatment programme in order to speed up the healing process of the quadriceps muscle injury - something in between a tear and a pull - in his left thigh. Youri Djorkaeff, who has a hamstring problem and whose Monday work-out was restricted to a morning jog, is also doubtful for the Uruguay game. He was rested Monday afternoon whilst his team-mates played six-a-side on a smaller pitch. --

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