Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Morientes aive kushaya kushamisika kuUEFA Euro 2000, asi akatamba kuEuro 2004
muPortugal, uko akarova chimwe chezvinangwa zviviri chete zvaigona kuitwa nechikwata ichi, mumutambo wezvikwata wakazotevera. Akatambawo nyika panguva ye2006 World Cup qualifiers; zvisinei, nekuda kwechimiro chake chisina kunaka chekirabhu yeLiverpool, haana kusarudzwa nemurairidzi wechikwata chenyika Luis Aragonés muchikwata chekupedzisira chemutambo, kunyangwe aive chikamu chechikwata chekutanga chevarume makumi matatu nevatatu.