Ku sii wad qodobkan - Ka hor inta uusan noqon maamulaha, Capello wuxuu ku qaatay horraantii 1980-meeyadii tababarka kooxaha dhalinyarada ee Milan. Isaga oo keenaya hibooyin sida Paolo Maldini iyo Alessandro Costacurta, wuxuu hogaamiyay kuwa ka yar 19 sano guulo badan oo tartan dhalinyaro ah. Wuxuu dhamaystiray shahaadadiisii ugu dambeysay ee tababarka 1986. Waxaa loo dallacsiiyay tababaraha kooxda koowaad 1987, wuxuuna ka shaqeeyay kaaliyaha Nils Liedholm. Khibradiisa ugu horeysay ee macalin ahaan wuxuu hogaaminayay Milan lixdii kulan ee ugu dambeysay xilli ciyaareedkii 1986-87
, oo beddelay Liedholm oo ku guuleystay isreebreebka UEFA Cup ee kulanka play-off-ka ee Sampdoria. Xilli ciyaareedkii xigay, si kastaba ha noqotee, Silvio Berlusconi wuxuu u shaqaaleysiiyay Arrigo Sacchi maareeyaha cusub ee "Rossoneri" Capellona wuu ka tanaasulay, laakiin wali wuxuu u shaqeeyay naadiga.