Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1980, Falcão akaendeswa kuSerie A kirabhu Roma ye £650,000. Mumwaka wake wokutanga muItaly (1980<unk>81)
, akakwanisa kudzidzira mutauro wacho uye amai vake nehanzvadzi vakagara naye kuti vamubatsire kugara. Akatamba zvakanaka, achihwina zvibodzwa zvitatu mumitambo yake makumi maviri neshanu sezvo Roma yakapedza yechipiri muSerie A kuJuventus. Uyu waiva mukwikwidzi ane nharo, sezvo Roma yakava nechinangwa chakarambidzwa nekuda kwekusajeka kusingabvumirwi neJuventus panguva yekugadzirisa muTurin. Kunyaradzwa kwakauya nekukunda Coppa Italia kweRoma, ichirova Torino mumutambo wekupedzisira pazvikwereti <unk> Falcão pachake akawana nzvimbo inokosha.