Henry, Vieira join France casualty list, Trezeguet back

France will be depleted by injuries when they face England in a friendly tomorrow after striker Thierry Henry and captain Patrick Vieira added their names to a long casualty list yesterday.

Henry pulled out of the game at the Stade de France because of an unspecified injury, a French team spokesman said.

Inter midfielder Vieira, who is hampered by a sore thigh muscle, said he would not play.

"I'm feeling better but not enough to play on Wednesday," Vieira told reporters at France's training camp outside Paris "It's very frustrating."

France coach Raymond Domenech, who last week named a 39-man squad both for the England match and a game between France's B side and Mali today in Paris, has seen many of them pull out since. "I named 39 players, I should have picked 45 and even that may not have been enough," Domenech told a news conference.

"I'm impatient to be at the training session and see how many players are in shorts and how many are in an ambulance."

Karim Benzema withdrew on Sunday after hurting his left ankle in Olympique Lyon's 4-2 Ligue 1 win over Paris St Germain.

David Trezeguet replaced him in the squad and is expected to start against England alongside Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka.

Uncapped Racing Lens forward Loic Remy, 21, replaces Henry in the squad but is unlikely to start against England.