The Green Falcons opened their campaign with a 5-0 defeat to hosts Russia, and despite showing improvement, they fell 1-0 to Uruguay in their second match.
“We may not have done enough to get the result we wanted but we had lots of the ball (possession) and we circulated it well,” said the 50-year-old Argentinian coach.
"We imposed ourselves on the game against Uruguay.
“The goal we conceded was unfortunate, but we didn’t have the tools they had. We couldn’t equalise, but we controlled the play. We didn’t suffer.”
Saudi Arabia will look to end their Russia 2018 campaign with a win against Mohamed Salah’s Egypt - who were also eliminated from the tournament - on June 25 at the Volgograd Arena.
Pizzi’s charges have much to look ahead to as they set their sights on the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 next January, where they are grouped alongside Qatar, Lebanon and DPR Korea in Group E.
“The difference between this display and the first game was massive, the change was obvious, it gives us tranquillity for the months ahead.”
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