 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Nguva pfupi isati yatanga mwaka wa1999-2000 muSpanish yepamusoro ndege, Baljić akatambura kutsemuka kwemaviri maviri emakumbo emakumbo mumabvi ake ekuruboshwe, kumberi ACL uye kumashure PCL, mushure mezvo akavhiyiwa uye akaiswa kunze kwenzvimbo yekugadzirisa kwenguva refu. Kurasikirwa kwakatevera kwechimiro kwakakonzera kuti basa raBaljić reReal rive rakaoma zvakanyanya pakarepo. Mumwaka wese wa1999-2002, akaita mitambo gumi nemimwe chete mumutambo masere acho achitsiva, achihwina chibodzwa chimwe chete. Haana kukwanisa kuchengetedza nzvimbo yechikwata chekutanga, uye kudzingwa kwaNovember 1999 kwaToshack kwakateverwa nekuuya kwemurairidzi mutsva Vicente del Bosque, kwakasiya Baljić kunyangwe. Pakupera kwemwaka, del Bosque akaisa Baljić muchikwata chevarume gumi nevasere chaakatora kuenda kuParis ku2000 Champions League Final, asi havana kumupa miniti imwe chete yekuita sezvo Real yakakunda vamwe vake veValencia CF. 