UEFA president Michel Platini believes France coach Raymond Domenech will stand down if Les Bleus fail to qualify for the World Cup.

Domenech avoided the axe following France's woeful Euro 2008 campaign. The former Lyon coach stayed on but has done little to improve his reputation.

France booked their place in the play-offs with a 5-0 weekend victory over the Faroe Islands, and Platini is convinced a failure to go one step further and seal their place in South Africa will spell the end of Domenech's reign.

"Raymond will leave, that's for sure," said the former France captain.

"His problem isn't football, but that of his communication."

Platini explained: "France deserve to be in the play-offs... looking at the teams they could meet, it won't be easy.

"I saw Slovenia against Slovakia, it will be very difficult if we are drawn against them.

"Moreover, it will be the same against the others too. Ireland, Ukraine, Bosnia... these are football teams who are growing."

Platini won 72 caps and scored 41 goals for France.

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