"They could control things. We couldn't do that."

But the Frenchman urged his team to stay positive, saying: "The players are disappointed but we should not focus on the negative.

"We should try to look at this match and analyse things and continue to work with confidence so our goalscoring gets better.

"Now we have to work on our strengths and hope we can do better against Netherlands (on Friday)."

Argentina play their next game the same day, against Group C rivals Serbia & Montenegro.