Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Milan yakahwina mukombe wegumi weligi muna 1979, asi mushure mekurega basa kwaGianni Rivera mugore rimwe chetero, timu yakapinda munguva yekuderera. Kirabhu iyi yakabatanidzwa muchinetso cheTotonero muna 1980 uye sechirango yakadzingwa
kuSerie B kokutanga munhau yayo. 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.