French legendary captain and Real Madrid midfielder Zinedine Zidane might see an unexpected early career-exit from World Cup football, after he was shown two yellow cards in France's two World Cup 2006 matches, and France slashed their chances after the 1-1 draw against South Korea today.

Zinedine Zidane, who currently plays for Spanish giants Real Madrid, might not play again in a World Cup match for France, as his team are now struggling to go through to the knockout stages of the World Cup 2006 tournament in Germany.

If France fail to win Togo in their last Group G match, they risk of going for holidays much earlier than originally anticipated, as a lot depend on the outcome of tomorrow's match between Switzerland and Togo. If Switzerland wins tomorrow, France will fall to the third place of the standings, while the prospect of yet another disappointing result against Togo is imminent.

With Zinedine Zidane ruled out of France's final match, Domenech needs to find solid solutions in the midfield, while his strikers must be more focused, as they have lost some great goal-scoring opportunities.

Pressure from the French fans and the French press is pilling up back home and Domenech is aware of the threat of yet another humiliating World Cup, after the disappointing French team of the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.

The 1998 World Champions scored their first world cup goal against South Korea since they won the title on home soil, and after scoring they seemed settled with the result. However, they came under intense pressure during the second half from South Korea and after the equaliser it seemed that their opponents could have even scored a second.

If the same situation gets repeated against Togo, who have proved that they can endanger any opponent, France will probably be sent packing early.

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