 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pinato akatanga basa rake kukirabhu yekumusha Monza. Akapinda muchikwata chekutanga muzhizha ra1985, mushure mekudonha kwaMonza kuSerie B. Akatamba ka14 mumwaka wa1985-86, uye akazotora Alberto Torresin semubati wepagedhi wekutanga wekirabhu pakutanga kwemwaka wa1986-87. Munguva yemwaka wa1987-88, nzvimbo yake yenguva dzose yakatorwa naFrancesco Antonioli. Akakunda kukwidziridzwa nekirabhu muzhizha ra1988, uye akapiwa mukana wekuenda kuAC Milan, pamwe naAntonioli; Monza akawana Giulio Nuciari mukudzoka. KuMilan, Giovanni Galli ndiye akanga ari mutambi mukuru, uye Pinato akatamba kaviri chete mumwaka iwoyo, sezvo Milan yakakunda European Cup. 