Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakawhiwhia a Bettarini ki tana karanga a te kapa motu anake i te 2004, he whakataetae whakawera i Palermo, ki te Czech Republic i mua i te timatanga o te
UEFA Euro 2004, i te 18 o Hui-tanguru. Ko te hoa karapu a Bettarini a Sergio Volpi, me Simone Barone o Parma, i whakawhiwhia ki a raatau tuatahi. I te wa o te tukinga whakamātautau, i takaro a Bettarini hei tetahi o te XI timatanga, a ka whakakapihia e Giuseppe Pancaro i te meneti 79. Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Itari a Giovanni Trapattoni i whakamahi i tana roopu 22-tangata i runga i te papa, a e whitu nga whakakapi i te wa haurua; i mutu te tukinga i te 2 × 2 toenga.