 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Milan yakakunda zita regumi religi 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, kuhwina zita ra1980-81 Serie B, asi vakadzingwa zvakare gore rakatevera sezvo timu yakapedza mwaka wa1981-82 pachinzvimbo chechitatu chekupedzisira. Muna 1983, Milan yakahwina mukombe weSerie B kechipiri mumwaka mitatu kuti idzokere kuSerie A, kwavakawana nzvimbo yechitanhatu muna 1983-84. 