Belgium coach Marc Wilmots branded Argentina "a very ordinary team with one extraordinary player" after they overcame his side 1-0 in the quarter-finals.
"I'm not at all impressed by Argentina," Wilmots said. "They're a very ordinary team with one extraordinary player," he added, in a reference to Lionel Messi.
Belgium struggled to create chances after falling behind to an eighth-minute Gonzalo Higuain goal and Wilmots was unable to disguise his frustration.
"We saw Argentina's experience," he said.
"They break the rhythm, they take 40 seconds to take a throw-in, and they're never brought to order by the referee.
"We made some very small mistakes, but we learnt a lot tonight. We're very disappointed, everyone is very down, but I'm very proud of the boys."