Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yebasa raBaric, vazhinji vevatambi vakasara kubva kuchikwata che "chizvarwa chegoridhe" vakatsiviwa zvishoma nezvishoma nevatambi vadiki panguva yeEuro 2004 makwikwi. Croatia yakaenderera mberi nekukwanisa kupinda mumakwikwi nekukunda mumutambo wekutamba neSlovenia, ichikunda 2<unk>1 pahuwandu mushure mechinangwa chakakosha chaDado Pršo mumutambo wechipiri. Pa
mumakwikwi ekupedzisira muPortugal, Croatia yakaita 0<unk>0 neSwitzerland uye 2<unk>2 neFrance chete kuti ikundwe neEngland 2<unk>4 uye iwane imwe kubviswa muchikamu cheboka. Chibvumirano chaBaric chemakore maviri chakaguma muna June 2004 uye hachina kuvandudzwa. Vaimbove mutambi weCroatia Zlatko Kranjčar, akasarudzwa kuti atsive Barić muna Chikunguru 2004, akatungamira timu kuburikidza ne2006 World Cup makwikwi asina kurasikirwa nemutambo mumwe chete uye achitungamira boka iri pamberi peSweden neBulgaria. Vezvenhau vemunharaunda vakamupomera mhosva yekusarudza mwanakomana wake Niko Kranjčar kuchikwata. PaWorld Cup ya2006, Croatia yakarasikirwa nemutambo wayo wekutanga neBrazil uye yakaita 0<unk>0 neJapan mushure mekunge Darijo Srna apotsa chirango chehafu yekutanga. Kuwirirana kwe 2<unk>2 neAustralia umo vatambi vatatu vakatumirwa kunze kwakatsigira kubuda kweCroatia muchikamu cheboka. Mutambo wacho waisanganisira kukanganisa kwemutongi Graham Poll uyo akapa makadhi matatu echitema kumudziviriri weCroatia Josip Šimunić, achitadza kumudzinga mushure mekutadza kwake kwechipiri. Gare gare akataura kuti akafunga Šimunić semutambi weAustralia nekuda kwekutaura kwake kweAustralia. Poll akatsoropodzwa nokuda kwokurasikirwa nokudzora mutambo uye akarega basa rokutonga pashure pacho.