Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1980, Falcão akatamira kuchikwata cheSerie A cheRoma nokuda kwe£650,000. Mumwaka wake wokutanga muItaly
(1980<unk>81), akakwanisa kudzidzira mutauro uye amai vake nehanzvadzi vaigara 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.