Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk da cewa ba ta yi wa Croatia wasa ba a lokacin wasannin neman shiga gasar cin kofin Turai na UEFA na shekarar 2004, Butina ta ci gaba da fitowa a dukkan wasannin rukuni uku a wasan karshe
a Portugal bayan da aka tilasta wa Pletikosa janyewa daga gasar saboda raunin da ya samu a horo 'yan kwanaki kafin wasan farko. An sake ba shi lambar 12 shirt. A cikin rukunin rukuni, Croatia ta ci gaba da buga wasan ba tare da cin kwallo ba a kan Switzerland, wasan 2<unk>2 a kan Faransa, da kuma rashin nasara 4<unk>2 a zagaye na karshe na rukunin rukuni da Ingila wanda ya ga an fitar da kungiyar daga gasar.