 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Paakadzokera kuSerie A, Strömberg akazova kaputeni wechikwata, uye Atalanta akaunza muchengeti wechidiki Fabrizio Ferron - uyo aizoita zvakaringana kukirabhu kwemwaka misere - uye mutambi weBrazil Evair. Mumwaka wayo wokutanga mushure mokukwidziridzwa, Atalanta akapedza wechitanhatu muSerie A muna 1989 uye akakwanisa kuenda kuEFAFA Cup kokutanga munhoroondo yayo. Pakutanga kwayo, zvisinei, kirabhu yakabviswa nekirabhu yeRussia Spartak Moscow mumutambo wekutanga, ichidhirowa 00 pamba isati yarasikirwa 20 muMoscow. Atalanta akasvikawo kuma semi-fainari eCoppa Italia, achirasikirwa ne63 pahuwandu kune mukundi wekupedzisira Sampdoria. Mumwaka wa1989-90, Atalanta yakasimbisazve kurwisa kwayo nekuunza mutambi weArgentina Claudio Caniggia; kirabhu yakapedza yechinomwe muSerie A.uye vakakwanisa kupinda muEFAFA Cup kechipiri mumutsetse. Pakati pezvimwe zviitiko muligi, mumwaka wa198889 na198990, Atalanta yakawana kukunda kwakadzoka ese ari maviri 10 vachipesana neJuventus; Atalanta haana kukunda Juventus kure kubva ipapo. Atalanta zvakare akapotsa asvika kuma semi-fainari e1989-90 Coppa Italia, kunyangwe akaparadzwa zvine nharo muchikamu cheboka mukukwikwidza 11 kurwisa Milan, zvichitevera chiitiko chakatariswa zvakanyanya sekusaita zvemitambo uye icho kubvira ipapo chakasimudzira kukwikwidza pakati pevatsigiri vemakirabhu maviri. 