Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bettarini akagamuchira yake yega yekudanwa kwechikwata chenyika muna 2004, mutambo wekudziya-up muPalermo, uchipesana neCzech Republic pamberi pekutanga kwe UEFA Euro 2004
, musi wa18 February. Mutambi wenhabvu waBettarini Sergio Volpi, pamwe naSimone Barone weParma, vakagamuchirawo kudanwa kwavo kwekutanga. Munguva yemutambo wekuyedza, Bettarini akatamba semumwe wekutanga XI, uye akatsiviwa naGiuseppe Pancaro muminiti yechi79. Mutungamiri weItaly Giovanni Trapattoni akashandisa boka rake rose revarume makumi maviri nevaviri pamunda, uye akaita shanduko nomwe muhafu yenguva; mutambo wakapera mu 2 × 2 dhizaini.