Other pundits pointed out contrasting behavior among individual players following the match.
"There was one man on the pitch who did have class and that was Lionel Messi, who shook hands with every one of those Spanish players," said Joe Hart, BBC pundit.
"The game's done. They could have absolutely no complaints about what happened today.
Disgusting behaviour."
Former England forward Wayne Rooney echoed concerns regarding the team's discipline under pressure. "Does it surprise you?
It doesn't surprise me," said Rooney. "We've seen this with Argentina before.
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It's just not the reaction you want. We've seen some of the reaction after knocking England out in the last round."
Rooney attributed the volatile reaction directly to the match performance. "That's just sad," said Rooney.
"If you lose a game of football, be graceful and get out of there. It's really poor from them.
That's a reaction to them being outplayed, out-fought, out-thought on the football pitch, and then they resort to that at the end.
It's poor from those two players."
Pundits on ITV focused heavily on Paredes' conduct throughout the tournament.
"They're very competitive and I love that element of them, but [Paredes] has just been a disgrace for the last couple of games, and why the referees have allowed him to continue doing what he is doing..."
said Gary Neville.
Co-panelists emphasized the negative image the actions projected globally. "It's quite embarrassing really," said Micah Richards.
