After their rubbing on Sunday, Verbeek said the team had no choice but to treat their next game as a final and score goals against the first African side to win in the continent's first World Cup.
"The plan was to bring him in. You saw that he was warming up. But the moment you start to play with 10 players you need different players on the field than Harry Kewell. So that was the only reason why I didn't bring him in," the Dutchman said.
"So I tried to save him for maybe the next game."
"We were playing against one of the better teams so it's not that embarrassing that you can't score," said Verbeek. "We are not happy with the organisation, and that's what we have to work on."
"We have to score in the next two games. That's clear."
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