France opt for Trezeguet, Henry in attack

COLOGNE (Reuters) – France coach Raymond Domenech, missing
playmaker Zinedine Zidane and defender Eric Abidal through
suspension, paired David Trezeguet with Thierry Henry in attack
for a game the French must win by two clear goals to make sure
of reaching the last 16 of the World Cup.

There is no genuine playmaker to replace Zidane in a
four-man midfield on the right side of which exciting newcomer
Franck Ribery will start a match for France for the second
time.

Mikael Silvestre comes in for Abidal at left back while
central defender Lilian Thuram wins his 117th cap, breaking the
national record he shared with Marcel Desailly.

Togo coach Otto Pfister, who had promised to gave all of
his players a chance to take the field, made four changes to
his starting line-up bringing in Jean Paul Yaovi Abalo Dosseh,
Yao Aziawanou, Moustapha Salifou and Yao Junior Senaya, in
place of Thomas Dossevi, Kuami Agboh, Alaixys Romao and Toure
Assimiou.

(Reporting by Patrick Vignal and Alexandra Hudson)