French team doctor Jean-Marcel Ferret said Tuesday France's superstar playmaker Zinedine Zidane will miss the opening match of the World Cup against Senegal Friday after sustaining a thigh injury in Sunday's friendly against South Korea. Ferret told a press conference that Zidane will sit out the opener Friday due to a th a thigh injury on his left leg. Whether the French star footballer will be fit for the World Cup holders' two other first round matches against Uruguay and Denmark is likely to depend on Zidane's progress in the next few days after undergoing four to five hours of daily rehab. The 29-year-old midfielder had a magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) examination on the back of his left thigh Monday afternoon at the Samsung Medical Center in southern Seoul.