France midfielder Jeremy Toulalan admits he and his team-mates ran out of ideas in the disastrous defeat to Mexico which looks like bringing their World Cup to a premature end.
It is a failing which has been levelled at Raymond Domenech's team far too often.
Having limped into the tournament on the back of a controversial play-off victory over the Republic of Ireland, courtesy of Thierry Henry's infamous handball, Les Bleus have struggled for inspiration in South Africa.
An opening goalless draw against Uruguay was shrugged off on the basis they had started the last World Cup sluggishly but eventually finished runners-up.
However, there was no hiding the problems against the lively Mexicans. 'It was a moment of failure of a whole group because us we did not know how to present an answer at the moment when it was needed,' said the Lyon midfielder, who will be suspended for the final group game against South Africa after collecting his second booking last night.
