Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin mulkin Barić, yawancin 'yan wasan da suka rage daga' yan wasan "na zinariya" sun maye gurbin 'yan wasan matasa a hankali a yayin wasannin neman shiga gasar Euro 2004. Croatia ta ci gaba da cancanta don gasar tare da cin nasara a kan Slovenia, ta lashe 2<unk>1 a kan jimlar bayan Dado Pršo ta yanke shawara a ƙarshen wasan na biyu. A cikin
wasan karshe a Portugal, Croatia ta yi daidai da 0<unk>0 tare da Switzerland da 2<unk>2 tare da Faransa kawai don rasa Ingila 2<unk>4 kuma ta sake fuskantar fitarwa a matakin rukuni. Yarjejeniyar shekaru biyu ta Barić ta ƙare a watan Yunin 2004 kuma ba a sabunta ta ba. Tsohon dan wasan kasar Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar, wanda aka nada don maye gurbin Barić a watan Yulin 2004, ya jagoranci kungiyar ta hanyar wasannin neman shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2006 ba tare da rasa wasa daya ba kuma ya jagoranci kungiyar a gaban Sweden da Bulgaria. Kafofin watsa labarai na cikin gida sun zarge shi da nuna son kai don zaɓar dansa Niko Kranjčar don tawagar. A gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2006, Croatia ta yi rashin nasara a wasan farko da Brazil ta yi da Japan 0-0 bayan Darijo Srna ya rasa hukuncin farko. An buga wasa 2<unk>2 tare da Ostiraliya wanda aka fitar da 'yan wasa uku ya tabbatar da ficewar Croatia a matakin rukuni. Wasan ya hada da kuskuren alkalin wasa Graham Poll wanda ya ba da katunan rawaya uku ga mai tsaron gidan Croatia Josip Šimunić, ya kasa fitar da shi bayan laifinsa na biyu. Daga baya ya bayyana cewa ya yi kuskuren Šimunić don dan wasan Australiya saboda ƙarancin Australiya. An soki Poll saboda rasa ikon wasan kuma ya yi ritaya daga aikin alkalin wasa bayan haka.