Kammala wannan magana: Bayan wasan kwaikwayo na Belgium a gasar cin kofin duniya a Japan da Koriya ta Kudu, an yi tsammanin yawa daga cikin ƙananan al'umma a lokacin da aka cancanta na gasar zakarun Turai na UEFA Euro 2004 kuma an sanya kasar a cikin Pot A a cikin mafi kyawun kungiyoyi a cikin kungiyar Turai. Van Buyten ya taka leda a dukkan wasanni takwas da suka cancanta ga tawagar 'yan wasan kasa amma Belgium ba ta samu nasarar zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ba.
wasan karshe, ya rasa a matsayi na biyu a cikin rukuni zuwa Croatia a kan shugaban-to-kai mulki.