France goalscoring legend Just Fontaine has lashed out at the current crop of Les Bleus strikers, and is struggling to see where their goals will come from.

Fontaine was the star of the France team from 1953-1960 and scored 30 goals in 21 appearances for Les Bleus - as well as 165 goals in 200 Ligue 1 games.

The 76-year-old still holds the record for the number of goals scored in a World Cup finals after notching 13 in 1958 and, after watching Les Bleus' goalless draw against Uruguay, is confident that will not be beaten by a France player in South Africa.

"It's not because of any of the strikers I saw in France-Uruguay that I'm going to be shaking," wrote Fontaine in his column for La Depeche du Midi, before lashing out at attacking trio Nicolas Anelka, Franck Ribery and Yoann Gourcuff, who all started on Friday.

"Anelka continues to come back, which meant the the three Uruguay centres were gifted, so much so that there wasn't a single shot from 25 metres, only rugby conversions!

"I think Domenech should have taken off Anelka well before. He never left behind one or two of the three centres on crosses, didn't catch a single ball with his head.

"During the match someone said that he had leaden feet. Well the head too then.

"Ribery? One day, we made the stupidity of saying that he was the brains of the team and since then he has believed it. He dribbles past seven players but then the eighth one takes the ball off him.

"Gourcuff? He's lost. He is tired following his season, he is less lively and above all, he doesn't know who to give the ball to, since Anelka plays behind him!

"I'm not optimistic. I hope they'll prove me a liar. But..."