 Kutevera kudzikiswa kweLazio neAC Milan kuSerie B nekuda kwekubatanidzwa kwavo muchirongwa chekugadzirisa mutambo muna 1980, akashevedzwa nechikwata cheMilanese ndokuendeswa kudivi, achiva nhengo yechikwata chekutanga padivi pemutungamiriri uye mudziviriri Franco Baresi, pamwe naFilippo Galli, panguva yerima munhoroondo yenhabvu yeMilan, pasi pemaneja Nils Liedholm. Akaita kutanga kwake kuMilan musi wa24 Nyamavhuvhu 1980, muSerie B, mukukunda 1-0 kumba pamusoro peCatania. Milan yakahwina mukombe weSerie B mwaka iwoyo kuti idzokere kuSerie A, naTassotti achibuda semumwe wevatambi vechikwata.Milan akakwanisa kukunda Serie B zvakare mwaka unotevera kudzokera kuSerie A. Kunyangwe iyi yaive nguva isina kunaka munhoroondo yekirabhu, sezvo vakatadza kutonga muligi kana kutora mukombe, boka racho rakasvika muCoppa Italia yekupedzisira mumwaka wa1984-85, uye vakakwanisa kukwanisa kukwikwidza kumakwikwi eEuropean, kazhinji vachipedza muhafu yepamusoro yetafura. 