Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Milan yakawana mukombe wayo wegumi weligi muna 1979, asi pashure pokurega basa kwaGianni Rivera mugore iroro, chikwata chacho chakatanga kuderera. Kirabhu iyi yakanga yakabatanidzwa muchinoitika cheTotonero muna 1980 uye sechirango
rakadzikiswa kuSerie B kokutanga munhau yaro. Chinhu chikuru chakaita kuti pave nenyaya iyi chaiva chokuti sangano rinobhejera rinobhadhara vatambi nevakuru vakuru kuti vachinje zvaizobuda mumitambo. Milan yakawana kukwidziridzwa kudzokera kuSerie A pakuedza kwekutanga, kuhwina zita ra1980-81 Serie B, asi vakadzingwa zvakare gore rakatevera sezvo timu yakapedza mwaka wa1981-82 pachinzvimbo chechitatu chekupedzisira. Muna 1983, Milan yakahwina mukombe weSerie B kechipiri mumwaka mitatu kuti idzokere kuSerie A, kwavakawana nzvimbo yechitanhatu muna 1983-84.