There are few words that could accurately describe the abject dejection on the face of Argentine captain Lionel Messi, who was first off the pitch and first down the tunnel after his team's shambolic 3-0 loss to Croatia.
Argentina were defeated not only by a defiant and physical Croat outfit dominated by Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic, but by a calamitously poor Albiceleste performance - their tenure in Russia now hangs by the slimmest of threads.
The first half was a story of missed chances on both sides, but in truth it was one moment that set off the chain of events that brought the Argentines crashing down...
It's the 53rd minute, and Croatia are pushing up, with Argentine right-back Gabriel Mercado in possession. Mercado passes the ball back to gloveman Willy Caballero to punt back up-field and out of danger.
But inexplicably, Caballero does nothing of the sort, opting instead to try and dink the ball back to Mercado over the advancing Ante Rebic.
The Chelsea keeper miscues it and the ball only just clears Rebic who spins, locks his eyes on the ball and strikes a pure volley to send Croatia one up.
From that point it's one-way traffic - Modric scores an excellent individual goal in the 80th minute and Rakitic taps in in the 91st to cap a powerful display from the Croats, and seal their advancement into the Last 16.
For Argentina's big names - Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero, Javier Mascherano - it is a seismic blow, one from which it seems unlikely this generation of players will recover.