Zidane out of friendlies

It looks like Zinedine Zidane is going to miss both of next month's friendlies against Costa Rica and Germany. It seems the Frenchman is suffering from recurrent right thigh and groin trouble. This all seems to stem from an injury he suffered during the France - Ireland WCQ back on Sept. 7.

He is expected to miss about a month of play for injury filled Real Madrid. He does hope to be back in the lineup by November 19 when Real face FC Barcelona.

Poor Zidane, he just wanted to help his country out, but now it seems to be costing him. If these injuries keep coming up, he might not get much playing time in Germany.