France captain Patrice Evra has defended under-fire coach Raymond Domenech's tactics after their goalless start to the World Cup.

The outgoing coach kept Thierry Henry and Florent Malouda on the bench in the 0-0 draw against Uruguay and only introduced them late on in like-for-like changes.

"We talked with the boss before the game and we were very happy with these tactics," said Evra. "It is not the first time we've played like that. Maybe against Mexico we can change things around, we'll see. Now, against Mexico, we need to win and we'll see after that in the match against South Africa (what we need)."