France national team coach Raymond Domenech believes his players will be motivated enough for the play-offs with Republic of Ireland because there is a World Cup berth at stake.

Les Bleus meet Ireland in Cork on Saturday in the first of a two-legged play-off and despite plenty of hype surrounding the match, Domenech is confident his players will have enough motivation inside to get the job done.

"Saturday is not very far. The match is coming up little by little. I don't want it (the pressure) to build up," he told the French Football Federation's official website.

"The pressure - well, it's internal. If the players don't have it inside them, which is what I told them at the outset, it means we're cheating ourselves, that we've got nothing to do here.

"It's not worth insisting on it. There are matches which don't need external pressure. It's here - the players want to go to the World Cup.

"If they are not motivated, prepared and don't have the desire to put themselves in the right conditions ... well, I'm sorry, there's nothing more to add.

"They are ready. It's not worth adding an excess of pressure."