"I know we trained quite hard this week but you expect more from the players," a stony-faced Verbeek told reporters of an abysmal first half in which the team conceded a goal, were handed three yellow cards and looked a shambles.
"No confidence, there was no communication, everything they normally do very well was not there," he added.
"We couldn't keep the ball in the team, gave it too easily away and I think New Zealand was very dangerous."
The match left Verbeek with plenty to ponder given the Socceroos' seasoned defence was bamboozled repeatedly by the 78th-ranked All Whites' tall strikers.
"Okay, it's nice, it's good to finish a game like that. It's just for statistics," he said.
But he was short of answers about how the Socceroos' would cope against the tall forwards of Group D rivals Germany and Serbia in South Africa after their defenders were badly exposed in the air by the All Whites.
"We can do something about that," Verbeek said. "But it's a good lesson today, no doubt about that."
