 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. Chikwata chakabatanidzwa mu 1980 Totonero nyonganiso uye sechirango chakadzikiswa kuSerie B kekutanga munhoroondo 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, ichikunda zita ra1980-81 Serie B, asi yakadzingwa zvakare gore rakatevera apo timu yakapedza 1981-82mushandirapamwe panzvimbo yechitatu-pashure. Muna 1983, Milan yakahwina mukombe weSerie B kechipiri mumwaka mitatu kuti idzokere kuSerie A, kwavakawana nzvimbo yechitanhatu muna 1983-84. 