Australia is on the brink of elimination from the Volleyball World Championships after being beaten 3-0 by Argentina in Poland on Saturday.
The Volleyroos went into the weekend needing to win one of their final two fixtures to advance to the next round for the first time in the team's history.
Coach Jon Uriarte and his team will attempt to pick up the pieces when they face the lowly ranked Venezuela on Sunday.
"Today showed we didn't turn up to the match with the right approach," Uriarte said.
"They need to come back and think about that."
Captain Aidan Zingel said the lead-up to the match felt off.
"It was kind of a strange sensation before the match," he said.
"It felt like we knew what we had to do when we were on the bus, but then there'd be moments of unease, with periods of silence."
Argentina won 25-18, 25-19, 25-18.
The Volleyroos were badly let down by their service game early, with the team unable to build any rhythm against an Argentinian side ranked only three places ahead of it.
Uriarte put star player Thomas Edgar on the bench midway through the opening set in an attempt to change Argentina's focus, but with the Australians continuing to serve badly and making several unforced errors the set was lost.
Australia led 8-6 early in the second set, but once again poor serving took its toll.
The Volleyroos showed more focus in the third set, with Olympic veterans Nathan Roberts and Travis Passier both called into action.
With Edgar starting to dominate, Australia took control early and led 16-14.
But the joy was short-lived, with yet more unforced errors and poor decision making costing the Australians any chance of getting back into match.
"We made way too many errors, we couldn't put pressure on from the service line," Zingel said.
"We just have to play tomorrow's match like a final. It's going to take the focus of every single player on the court, starting from tonight. Everyone needs to be on the same page, everyone needs to be focused on the same goal tomorrow, which is winning."
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